Nancy Balbirer, ALMOST ROMANCE: A Memoir

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 13 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Actress and writer Nancy Balbirer joins Zibby to talk about her latest memoir, Almost Romance, which tells her incredible true love story. The two discuss what it was like to write a very happy story while living through the tumult of 2020, how much they appreciate the editor they share, and where Nancy plans to take this project next. Nancy also shares what it's like to be recognized from your New York Times Vows column and why she decided to make the shift from acting to writing.

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1:13.0	Nancy Balbier is the author of Almost Romance, a memoir.
1:16.9	Nancy wrote and performed the critically acclaimed solo show, I slept with Jack Carrawak,
1:22.3	reoccurred on both remote control and Seinfeld and annually stars as a rotating bevy of flusies in Charles Bush's
1:29.7	cult classic Times Square Angel. She is the author of the memoirs Take Your Shirt Off and Cry and a
1:35.5	marriage in dog years. She lives in Los Angeles with her family. Welcome, Nancy. Thank you so much for
1:40.7	coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss almost romance a memoir. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss Almost Romance a Memoir.
1:47.4	Thank you for having me. It's great to be here and great to meet you, Zibi.
1:51.9	It's great to meet you too. Okay, tell listeners what your memoir is about.
1:56.5	Okay. Almost Romance is a memoir which tells the story of the 32-year, almost romance I shared with one of my dearest friends and how we were able to turn it into a real romance with the help of the Grace and Frankie Writers' Room and the denizens of a fabled but cursed Manhattan apartment building.
2:21.9	It's a real-life romantic comedy.
2:24.9	Love it.
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