Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.

I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.

I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more. Learn more

at Zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zibby Owens or join the community at Zibby Readers.

Susan Liu is the author of the manicurist's daughter, a memoir. And this is actually my book club pick for Zibby's

book club. So read along with us. And if you would like to come to our book club meeting,

you can listen to a Q&A with the book club. Susan Lou is a Vietnamese American author,

playwright and performer, who tells stories that refuse to be forgotten. A daughter of nail

salon workers,

she took her autobiographical solo theater show, 140 pounds, How Beauty Killed My Mother,

on a 10-city national tour with sold-out premieres and accolades from LA Times, NPR, and American

Theater. Eight months pregnant, she premiered her sequel, over 140 pounds, as the headliner

for Act Theater's Solo Fest. Within one year, she held 60 performances to over 7,000 people.

Her award-winning work has been featured at Bumbershoot, Wing Lake Museum, the Moth Main Stage,

on the boards, the World Economic Forum, Risk, C-A-A-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A-T, and she has spoken it more than a dozen universities around the country. She serves as an artist's up-mentor, artist, trust instructor, model minority moms podcaster, and board member for international NGO asylum access. As an activist, she worked

with consumer watchdog to pass a law to raise medical malpractice caps. Susan and her sister

co-founded Socola chocolatier, an artisanal chocolate company based in San Francisco. I'm going

to San Francisco soon, and I obviously really need to go get the chocolates.

She is a proud alumnus of Harvard College, Yale School of Management, Coro, Hedgebrook, and Vashon

Artist Residency. Susan lives with her husband and son in Seattle, where they enjoy mushroom

hunting, croissants, and big family gatherings. The manicurist daughter is her first book. Learn more at Susan Liu,

L-I-E-U dot me, and follow her on Instagram at Susan Liu. Welcome, Susan. Thanks so much for

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