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Totally Booked with Zibby

Sandra Miller, TROVE

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4602 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Sandra Miller is the author of the memoir Trove: A Woman's Search for Truth and Buried Treasure, which I loved reading. It's a captivating, sharp, and poignant story spurred on by a physical search for a treasure chest that reflects a deeper emotional journey. Sandra has also contributed to more than a hundred publications including The Boston Globe Magazine for which she is a regular correspondent. One of her essays was turned into a short film called Wait directed by Trudie Styler and starring Kerry Washington. Make sure to catch Sandra’s amazing tips on writing despite distractions and putting in the work so you can enjoy the magic. 

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0:00.0

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1:01.4

I'm so excited to be interviewing Sandra Miller today. Sandra A. Miller is the author of

1:06.0

the memoir Trove, a woman's Search for Truth and Buried Treasure, which by the way, I

1:10.5

just loved.

1:12.3

She has contributed to more than 100 publications, including the Boston Globe magazine,

1:16.5

for which she is a regular correspondent. One of her essays was turned into a short film called

1:21.0

Wait, directed by Trudy Stuyler and starring Carrie Washington. She also wrote award-winning

1:25.2

scripts for 11 Central Ave, a radio comic strip that ran for three years in major public radio markets.

1:31.1

She has appeared on the Today Show and other media outlets. She currently teaches English at the University of Massachusetts and lives outside Boston with her husband and two children.

1:39.8

Welcome, Sandra. Thanks for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books. Thanks for having me.

1:44.3

I loved your book trove. I really did, and I'm not just saying that. It was so good and hit to so many of the right notes in such a good way. You're such a good writer. And I literally, I posted this on Instagram, but I finished reading it. I had read most of it, but I had the last couple pages left, like maybe the last 30 pages that I finished on the elliptical, and I was

2:03.9

bawling on the machine. So, thank you. Thank you. It's not usually a good thing when I make

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