Zibby’s Book Club Pick Allegra Goodman’s This is Not About Us
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
I loved interviewing Allegra Goodman several times on my show for her novels Sam and Isola. Her latest book This is Not About Us was a Zibby’s Book Club pick in March! Instead of a new interview between us, I’m releasing a fabulous conversation we hosted at Zibby’s Bookshop between her and bestselling author Nikki Erlick, The Measure. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens. |
| 0:44.5 | So today's episode is a little bit different. |
| 0:47.4 | Allegra Goodman's amazing novel. |
| 0:49.8 | This is Not About Us, was my Zippy's book club pick. |
| 0:57.6 | And unfortunately, Allegra was unable to do another podcast interview with me. I've interviewed her multiple times. You can go back and listen to some of our |
| 1:02.2 | past ones. She also was kind enough to do a Q&A with the Zibby's Book Club audience, which was |
| 1:07.6 | lovely. So instead, I'm releasing a conversation that she had, which was |
| 1:12.0 | sensational. I watched it live on YouTube. It was at Zivis Bookshop with the author Nikki |
| 1:17.5 | Erlich, who wrote The Poppy Fields. So enjoy this conversation. Nikki asked a lot of questions |
| 1:23.3 | I would ask and had a fabulous conversation. So I hope that you learn more about Allegra's book. |
| 1:29.2 | This is Not About Us, and it inspires you to learn even more. And thank you to Nikki for taking one for me for this one. |
| 1:35.5 | Here are their bios. Allegra Goodman is the author of This Is not About Us. She is also the author of seven novels, including the national bestseller Isola, which was a Reese's |
| 1:44.8 | book club pick, two short story collections, and a novel for young readers. One of her novels, which I |
| 1:50.9 | loved and interviewed her about, was called Sam. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker and |
| 1:55.3 | elsewhere, and has been anthologized in the O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories. |
| 2:00.6 | She lives with her family in |
| 2:02.0 | Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nikki Erlich is the author of the Poppy Fields, a novel. Nikki is the |
| 2:07.7 | author also of the New York Times, instant New York Times bestseller, The Measure, which was a |
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