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Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby.

Formerly, moms don't have time to read books.

In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators,

whose work I think is worth your time.

As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive

look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't have to.

Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.

For more information, go to zibbymedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens.

Nicole Grave-Lipson is the author of mothers and other fictional characters, a memoir in essays.

Nicole's writing has appeared in The Sun, Virginia Quarterly Review, the Gettysburg Review, Riverteeth, Fourth Genre, The Millions, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Marie Claire, among other venues. Her work has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, nominated for a National Magazine Award and selected for the Best American Essays 2024. Born and raised in New York City, she lives outside of Boston with her family.

Welcome, Nicole. Thank you so much for coming on Totally Booked with Zivie to talk about mothers

and other fictional characters, a memoir, and essays. So good. Congratulations.

Thank you. Thanks so much for having being thrilled.

Even rereading the book, like it's your sentences, the way you describe everything,

how much I feel like I have lived in your shoes, seen what you have seen,

and how well you captured moments in time, particularly like growing up when we did and our mothers and that whole world,

you just nailed it, not to mention today. So I just am obsessed. It's so good. Thank you.

I feel like I can retire now. Thank you. It's so nice to hear. You have so many themes. Well,

let me let you talk. Talk about where did the inspiration for this come from?

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