Ling Ling Huang, NATURAL BEAUTY

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Zibby interviews violinist and debut author Ling Ling Huang about Natural Beauty, a piercing, razor-sharp novel about a young musician who gets a job at a high-end beauty store in New York City, where things take a dark turn. Ling Ling shares her sources of inspiration: her own job in a beauty store, a deep love of music, fascination with beauty standards and the industry that capitalizes on them, and an interest in the topics of consumerism, self-worth, and identity. Finally, she describes her publishing journey, from a draft in her notes app and a discouraging querying process to a gorgeous finished book and a second one in progress!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
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1:03.1	Lynn Ling Wang is the author of Natural Beauty, a novel. She is a writer and violinist,
1:08.7	and plays with several ensembles, including the Music Kitchen, Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra, Shattered Glass, and Experiential Orchestra.
1:17.8	With him she won a Grammy Award in 2021. Natural Beauty is her first novel.
1:22.2	Welcome, Lingling. Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss Natural Beauty, a novel. Thank you so much for having me. It't have time to read books to discuss natural beauty a novel thank
1:28.6	you so much for having me it's a pleasure to be on here oh it's a pleasure to have you okay tell
1:34.3	listeners what your book is about okay uh natural beauty is about a really talented pianist who
1:40.9	you know she's at a conservatory she's probably the most skilled and imaginative player there.
1:47.4	But then because of a family tragedy, she ends up having to give up this really promising career.
1:53.6	And she's washing dishes.
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