Sonali Dev, THE VIBRANT YEARS: A Novel
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to USA Today bestselling author and repeat MDHTTRB guest Sonali Dev about The Vibrant Years, a sparkling new novel about three generations of Indian American women navigating dating apps, secrets, and ambition. Sonali describes her wonderful publishing experience as the inaugural pick for Mindy’s Book Studio (Mindy Kaling’s innovative new imprint!), and the two talk about the book’s most memorable elements–its humor, dynamic female characters, immigration narratives, and the myth of fraught mother-in-law relationships. Finally, she teases her next project!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.2 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
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| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.5 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Sonali Dave is the author of The Vibrant Years, a novel. |
| 1:02.6 | USA Today bestselling author, Sonali Dave, writes Bollywood-style love stories that explore |
| 1:07.6 | universal issues. This is her second time on the podcast, and actually she contributed to |
| 1:13.3 | moms don't have time to have kids, my second anthology. And you can read her essay there and also |
| 1:19.0 | watch the two of us together on Good Morning America live on Pub Day. Her novels have been named |
| 1:23.8 | Best Books of the Year by Library Journal, NPR, The Washington Post, and Kirkus. |
| 1:28.2 | She has won numerous accolades, including the American Library Association's Award for Best Romance, |
| 1:33.5 | the RT Reviewer Choice Award for Best Contemporary Romance, multiple RT Seals of Excellence. |
| 1:39.2 | She's been a Rita finalist and has been listed for the Dublin Literary Award. |
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