Therese Anne Fowler, A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 4 April 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Therese Anne Fowler is the New York Times best-selling author of novels Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, A Well-Behaved Woman, and her most recent novel A Good Neighborhood. This contemporary suburban drama centers on a conflict between two families, one black and one white, as they deal with a damaged historic oak tree in the black family's backyard. This book had such a twist of an ending but I won’t say a word. I enjoyed chatting with Therese about her personal connection to the material and why she felt writing this story was a call to activism in these troubled times. Therese and I discussed the research and homework that went into writing from the perspective of a different race and why she strayed from her historical fiction background. Be sure to catch Therese sharing the truly magical moment she knew she was a writer. Therese’s first book was a source of comfort during a critical time in my life and I had such a lovely full circle moment when we sat down to chat! You just never know where life will lead!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
0:12.1	Moms don't have time to read books.
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0:21.2	Today's episode has been sponsored by Good Pods.
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0:33.1	to.
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0:35.6	So I know I have my own podcast, but even I find myself overwhelmed by how many episodes there are of other podcasts and what I should listen to next.
0:44.1	So Good Pods is still in beta, and they're looking for testers who will give them honest feedback.
0:48.6	So you can go to Good Pods on the App Store or Google Play and check out which podcast your friends are listening to.
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0:59.3	really be awesome. So anyway, Good Pods was founded by a friend I used to work with many moons ago
1:05.4	in, I guess, 1999, which really ages me here. But anyway, JJ Ramberg and I used to work together at a big company called Idealab.
1:14.5	If anybody heard of that, she was with a site called Cooking.com, and I was with Idealab.
1:18.7	And now she started good pods, among many other endeavors that she's done.
1:22.5	And this she's done with her brother, Brad Ramberg, who was also at Idealab with me.
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1:28.0	circle. So anyway, thank you to JJ and Brad and everybody at Good Pods for sponsoring this
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1:40.1	to be super helpful in helping people find great podcasts, hopefully like mine. Thank you.
1:45.8	Teresa Ann Fowler is the New York Times bestselling author of novels Z, a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald,
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