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Shelby Van Pelt, ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (October 2022)
30:27
‘It’s either bananas or brilliant,’ is how her publisher’s assistant described The Girlfriend Book Club’s October 2022 pick, ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ by Shelby Van Pelt.
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Amanda Peters, ‘The Berry Pickers’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (March 2024)
28:25
The author and literature professor talks about how her father, who is Mi’kmaq, shared stories of his own days picking berries in Maine.
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Simone St. James, ‘The Book of Cold Cases’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (September 2022)
30:48
‘What if you had one of those terrifying serial killers, but everyone thought it was a woman?’ That was the jumping-off point Simone St. James, the bestselling author of ‘The Book of Cold Cases,’ The Girlfriend Book Club pick for September 2022.
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Chris Whitaker, ‘All the Colors of the Dark’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (November 2024)
27:12
In this candid interview, author Chris Whitaker talks about two violent episodes in his past that formed main character Patch, his experiences, relationships and the people around him. ‘This story felt so real to me,’ he says.
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Jason Rekulak, ‘Hidden Pictures’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (November 2022)
29:25
Jason Rekulak shares how eerie drawings and supernatural suspense make Hidden Pictures a must-read thriller.
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Kristin Hannah, ‘The Women’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (May 2024)
24:35
You won’t want to miss our candid conversation with author Kristin Hannah, who explains her motivation for writing “The Women” about women’s critical, underreported contributions in the Vietnam War.
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Marianne Cronin, ‘One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (July 2022)
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Marianne Cronin, bestselling author of our July 2022 book, ‘The Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot,’ explains that a diagnosis at 22 and a small news segment on art therapy helped her pen her beautiful debut novel about friendship.
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Shelley Read, ‘Go as a River’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (June 2024)
27:21
No one was as surprised as Shelley Read when her book hit the top of the charts. Her coming-of-age story, set in beautiful Colorado peach country, takes readers on a journey of displacement, courage and self-discovery.
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Should I Share My Location From My Smartphone?
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AARP tech writer Edward Baig discusses the pros and cons of sharing your location on your smartphone.
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Barbara Kingsolver, ‘Demon Copperhead’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (March 2023)
47:50
Based on Charles Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield,’ and set in a town similar to the one she lives in in Southern Appalachia. Kingsolver wanted to represent her corner of the world and the opioid crisis it faces, ‘with respect and honesty.’
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Colleen Oakley, ‘The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (July 2023)
27:03
We’re going on a road trip! It’s inspired by author Colleen Oakley’s relationship with her grandmother, who had a ‘wicked sense of humor’ and mandatory 5 o’clock cocktail hours.
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