Liz Scheier, NEVER SIMPLE: A Memoir

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Zibby is joined by editor and author Liz Scheier to discuss her debut memoir, Never Simple, which details the complex relationship she had with her mother. The two talk about the steps Liz took to paint as full of a picture of her mother as she could, when she found the time to write while raising two kids under two, and how her experience as an editor helped her as a writer. Liz also shares what she's learned about parent-child relationships overall, her thoughts on elder care after arranging as much security as she could for her mother towards the end of her life, and which parts of her story she decided not to share in the book.

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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
0:06.8	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
0:17.3	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
0:25.9	podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,
0:31.8	wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can
0:37.4	learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,
0:39.5	but really you're here to learn more about the authors,
0:42.2	and that is what we're going to do.
0:44.4	Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts
0:46.9	in the ZCast Podcast Network.
0:49.4	You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com
0:51.9	and definitely check out those shows as well.
1:01.7	Liz Cher is the author of Never Simple, a memoir.
1:06.2	She's now a product developer living in Washington, D.C., with her husband, two small children, and an ill-behaved cat.
1:08.1	Never Simple is her first book, and she's working on her second.
1:11.0	This book is so good, by the way.
1:12.6	Welcome, Liz. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss Never Simple, a memoir. Thank you so much for having me. It's such a pleasure to be here. I was starting to tell you before we recorded that as soon as this book came in, I was like, I want to stop everything and read this.
1:08.7	Like, this is a book that if I were in a in, I was like, I want to stop everything and read this.
1:27.6	Like, this is a book that if I were in a bookstore, this is like 100% like the book I would pick up. You know, this is like right. And then it did not disappoint in the slightest. I really, really, really enjoyed it. And I actually listened to the whole thing, which I didn't think I would, but I did. And so every back and forth to my kids' school was you walking with me.
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