Nina Navisky, THE FORTUNE COOKIE WRITER: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by novelist Nina Navisky to discuss her latest novel, The Fortune Cookie Writer, which follows a single mother working multiple jobs to make ends meet for her son. Nina shares why both of her books have featured neurologically diverse characters, as well as how she recreated the exact layout of her town in this story. Nina also tells Zibby about the event that inspired her to start writing, how her family's Holocaust story and Jewish heritage factored into this book, and what genre she wants to try her hand at next.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Vivi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast. Moms don't have time to read books. |
| 0:07.5 | And speaking of books, I have two of my own books coming out this spring and summer. |
| 0:12.7 | Princess Charming is a picture book, which debuts on April 19th. And Bookends, a memoir of love, loss, and literature. |
| 0:20.5 | Comes out on July 1st, and it is truly a labor of love. |
| 0:23.8 | I hope you'll pre-order, order, and join me on tour as I go across the country. |
| 0:28.5 | You can find out more at zibbyowens.com or bookendsmemoir.com. |
| 0:34.3 | And you can follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens because I always post about everything. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:41.1 | Nina Naviski is the author of The Fortune Cookie writer, as well as the novel A Mosaic of Grace. |
| 0:46.4 | She's the proud mom of two teenagers, one of whom has profound autism, intellectual disability, |
| 0:51.5 | and severe behavioral challenges. Prior to writing, she worked as a speech |
| 0:55.5 | language pathologist, helping children with developmental disabilities improve their communication skills. |
| 1:01.1 | She holds a master's degree in speech language pathology from DW and a bachelor's degree in |
| 1:05.9 | psychology from Emery. Her fascination with language and human behavior is lifelong and |
| 1:10.1 | inspires her to create |
| 1:11.0 | family dramas, rich with emotion, and steeped in real world issues. |
| 1:15.1 | Welcome, Nina. |
| 1:15.9 | Thank you so much for coming on moms don't have time to read books to discuss the fortune |
| 1:19.5 | cookie writer, a novel. |
| 1:21.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:21.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:22.8 | So happy. |
| 1:25.3 | Okay. |
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