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Hi, everyone.

Welcome back to the show. Today I am talking to one of my authors, E.M. Gallagher, and this is a good one. She's a New Yorker, in her words, a retired hellraiser, and now the author of the book, Ugg Anyway, which we published through my imprint, Pinking Press. It's a memoir about her exes. So think love, heartbreak, ambition,

bad decisions, all set in New York City, which honestly deserves its own category when it comes

to dating. The book is already doing insanely well. It just got picked up by Barnes & Noble,

and it's been really fun to watch people connect with it in real time. In this episode, we talk about what it actually takes to write something this personal,

how she approached telling the truth about her real relationships,

and what it's like to see your life reflected back to you on the page.

Let's get into it.

Erin, welcome to the show.

I'm so excited to have you here.

Thank you.

I'm thrilled to be here.

It's very exciting.

Oh, my gosh.

Congratulations, first of all.

We're about a month out since the book launched.

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