Lisa See, LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Zibby is joined by New York Times bestselling author Lisa See to discuss Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, a meticulously researched and mesmerizing story inspired by the true love, life, and friendships of a woman physician in 15th-century China. Lisa describes how she conducted her research during the pandemic, her fascinating writing process, and the importance of female friendships in the book and her life. She also reveals where her love of writing and history came from and what it’s like to follow in her mother’s footsteps.

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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.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
0:23.5	You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.
0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
0:31.8	That's at Zibbymag.com.
0:33.1	We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.
0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop
0:40.3	at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to
0:47.0	enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in
0:53.3	2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is basically
0:56.5	my favorite thing. Enjoy.
1:03.4	Lisa C is the author of Lady Tand's Circle of Women. Lisa is the New York Times best-selling
1:08.3	author of The Island of Sea Women, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Snowflower and The Secret Fan, which I loved, P&E and Love, Shanghai Girls, China Dolls, and Dreams of Joy, which debuted at number one.
1:20.2	She is also the author of On Gold Mountain, which tells the story of her Chinese American family's settlement in Los Angeles.
1:26.7	She was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the History Makers Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.
1:40.7	Welcome, Lisa. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books
1:44.7	to discuss your latest novel, Lady Tans, Circle of Women. Beautiful, beautiful cover, beautiful
1:50.0	book. Thank you so much for having me. I'm just really delighted to have a chance to talk to you.
1:55.0	Oh, you too. I have been a fan since Snowflower and the Secret Fan. You must get tired of
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