T.J. Newman, DROWNING: The Rescue of Flight 1421 (a Novel)

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🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Zibby speaks to flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T.J. Newman about Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, a gripping new thriller about a plane that sinks with passengers trapped inside and the extraordinary rescue that ensues. TJ gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the world of flight attendants, from the rigorous training to the professional people-watching (both of which were rich sources of inspiration for this novel). She also talks about her incredible screen adaptation deals, her ideas for future books, and the unique career path that brought her to this moment (it involves Broadway, a bookstore, and writing on red-eyes).

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
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0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop
0:40.3	at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of
0:47.9	our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.
0:56.1	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. T.J. Newman is the author of drowning, the rescue
1:06.4	of flight 1421, a novel. T.J. is a former bookseller and flight attendant, whose first novel,
1:13.3	Falling, became a publishing sensation and debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller
1:18.7	list. By the way, my son loved this book. The book was named a Best Book of the Year by
1:24.8	USA Today, Esquire, and Amazon, among many others, and has been
1:28.7	published in more than 30 countries. The book will soon be a major motion picture from
1:33.5	Universal Pictures. T.J. lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Drowning is her second novel, and I was so
1:40.0	lucky that right before this interview, well, actually, you'll probably hear it after, I realized she lived in Arizona and we made a plan to get together and she ended up coming to this dinner party I was invited to. And she is just as wonderful in person as you would think in this episode. So enjoy. Welcome, TJ. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss your latest book, Drowning. Oh, it's such a pleasure. but thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss your latest book,
1:59.4	Drowning. Oh, it's such a pleasure. Thank you so much for having me on. Oh, I'm so excited. I made the mistake of starting to read this on an airplane. And I was like, it's totally fine. I know it's coming. I can read it on the plane. No worries. And then I was like, no, this is not going well. You know, people say that all the time.
2:01.2	You know, it's like, oh, I've got a trip coming up.
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