Zain E. Asher, WHERE THE CHILDREN TAKE US:
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
"I'm a firm believer that the issue isn't whether or not your opportunities come. The issue is whether you're ready when your opportunity comes." CNN anchor Zain Asher joins Zibby to talk about her memoir, Where the Children Take Us, which documents her family's tragedy and triumphs. The two discuss why Zain wrote this book to honor her mother who raised her and her three siblings after her dad died in a car accident, which life lessons shaped her work ethic, and how her family grappled with race throughout the different phases of their lives.
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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 |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Zane Asher is the author of Where the Children Take Us, |
| 1:01.8 | how one family achieved the unimaginable. |
| 1:04.6 | Zane, Ageofore Asher, was born to first-generation Nigerian parents in South London, |
| 1:10.7 | a graduate of Oxford University |
| 1:12.2 | and Columbia University. She is currently an anchor for CNN International. She anchors |
| 1:17.4 | one world with St. Asher, her own global news program on the network. IGA4 Asher's brothers |
| 1:23.5 | are Oscar-nominated actor Chiu-Ital A Asia Four, who was in 12 years a slave, successful |
| 1:29.9 | entrepreneur Abbein Zay, and medical doctor Ken Debe. She lives in the New York area with her |
| 1:37.0 | husband and two sons. And Zane is doing the launch event with me for bookends, along with |
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