Nicholas Sparks, THE WISH

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Nicholas Sparks returns to discuss his twenty-second novel, The Wish, which had been on his mind for nearly twenty years. Nicholas and Zibby also talk about the shape of contemporary American fiction, the influence his photography had on his latest novel, and why he will always draw from his own life experiences when writing.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
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0:16.8	All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research.
0:20.4	And I'm the editor-in-chief of Moms Don't Have Time to Write a new publication on Medium.
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0:32.9	And my website is Zibby Owens.com.
0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:40.1	Nicholas Sparks is the author of The Wish, with over 100 million copies of his book sold. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's
0:46.3	most beloved storytellers. His novels include 16 number one New York Times bestsellers, and all of his
0:53.3	books, including three weeks with my brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother Micah, have been New York Times bestsellers, and all of his books, including three weeks with my brother,
0:55.3	the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been New York Times and international bestsellers
0:59.9	and were translated into more than 50 languages.
1:03.2	11 of Nicholas Sparks' novels, Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One,
1:09.0	The Last Song, Dear John, Knights in Radanthe, The Notebook, a walk to remember, and message in a bottle, have been adapted into major motion pictures. Nicholas last came on my show to talk about the return, and now he's back to discuss the wish. Welcome, Nicholas. Thanks so much for coming back on Mom's Center Time to read books for the second time, this time to discuss
1:27.5	the wish.
1:28.7	Excited to be here.
1:29.6	Thank you for having me.
1:30.5	This is always fun.
1:32.3	I can't believe you already have another book out.
1:34.3	I feel like we just were talking about the return.
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