Kim Fay, LOVE & SAFFRON: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Author Kim Fay joins Zibby to discuss her latest historical novel, Love & Saffron, which was an instant national bestseller. The two talk about the relationships that inspired the friendship at the center of the story, which family memories helped Kim set the scenes, and how the pandemic helped her write the book quickly. Kim also shares why she wanted the novel to revolve around food and how she likes to practice self-care.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
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| 0:58.2 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Kim Faye is the author of Love and Safran, a novel of friendship, food, and love. |
| 1:03.2 | Born and raised in Washington State, Kim Faye is a former bookseller and the author of |
| 1:07.0 | Communion, A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam, a Gormand World Cookbook Award winner, and The Map of Lost Memories, the Edgar Award finalist for Best First novel. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jim, and their dog, Mabel. I used to have a dog named Mabel. Love and Saffron is her second novel, and it's so good. It's short and sweet and thought-provoking and I read it all in one sitting. |
| 1:29.7 | Welcome, Kim. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss |
| 1:33.6 | love love. Love and Saffron, a novel of friendship, food, and love. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:39.1 | I'm honored to be here, Zippy. Oh. Your book just got right into my heart. |
| 1:46.5 | I mean, these characters, I mean, I won't give anything away, but towards the end, I just, |
| 1:53.3 | like I feel like I felt like I knew them. |
| 1:55.9 | And like everything that happened to them, I felt like I was going on the emotional journey. |
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