First of all, a big hello that we've missed you and are so happy to be back recording from our

closets, our basements, our bedrooms. Apologies ahead of time if the sound quality isn't quite up

to our usual standards, but our stellar producer, Pedro Rosado, is doing his very best,

and we hope you'll overlook any undue background noise. Because now is still, perhaps even more than

ever, a time to read and talk about books. Here we go.

What does teenage behavior look like in the age of coronavirus and how can parents best handle their

fears, stress, anceness, and rebellions under trying conditions? Lisa Demor, author of Untangled

and Under Pressure, joins us to answer some of my questions and questions from my colleagues.

What's it like being the editor of the Booker View and Overseeing Books coverage at the Times?

Dwight Garner joins us to turn the tables, interviewing me about my job on the podcast and in the newsroom.

Alexander Alter will give us an update from the publishing world, plus we'll talk about what we and the

water world are reading. This is the Booker View podcast from the New York Times. It's April 3rd. I'm Pamela Paul.

Lisa Demor joins us now from Shaker Heights, Ohio. She is the author of two books Untangled

Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood, and more recently,

Under Pressure, confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls, which is just out in

paperback. Lisa, thanks so much for being here. Thank you for having me. Glad to be here.

So listeners are probably familiar with your name because I talked about you recently on what we're

reading, and I thought, what better time to have you come on the podcast now, not just to talk

about your two books, but to talk about something that I think a lot of us are dealing with,

which is our children in the age of coronavirus. Many of us have even closer proximity to our own

families than we did before. So I think it's an interesting time to talk to you, and I know that

you've written about this a bunch for the Times recently as well. Tell us a little bit about your

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