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On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Alice Feeney –  a New York Times million-copy bestselling author – to discuss her new novel, Good Bad Girl. Known as the “queen of twists,” Feeney’s novel is another thrilling mystery filled with drama, her trademark surprises, and complex female characters.  A book dedicated to “daughters of mothers of daughters” and set on Mother’s Day, Go...

We're publishing our favorite interview with Caitlin of the Don't Talk To Me podcast from Summer 2022. Caitlin gets us to open up about our lives beyond the podcast, our creative endeavors (the first time Carinn spoke publicly about The Astrology House, long before she had an agent or publishing contract!), and our shared love of Taylor Swift and Sally Rooney. Music by Lesfm via Pixabay. Learn mor...

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On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Pernille Hughes to discuss Ten Years, her haters to lovers romance novel about how two people are brought together to complete the bucket list of their recently deceased loved one. We chat with Pernille about her main characters and the ways grief affects them and their personal growth; whether you can have more than one True Love; the freedo...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Emily Habeck to discuss her stunning debut, Shark Heart, a love story that begins with newlyweds Wren and her husband, Lewis—a man who, over the course of nine months, transforms into a great white shark. This is a truly original and lyrical novel unlike anything we’ve ever read that explores grief, metamorphosis, intergenerational trauma, mo...

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On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Shari Lapena, the #1 internationally bestselling author of seven suspense novels, to discuss her newest (and we think her best!), Everyone Here Is Lying.  We chat with Shari about the the initial inspiration for this story; the complicated mothers at the heart of this novel, as well that the larger cast of layered female characters; the ways...

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On today’s Complicated Conversation we are joined by Emma Rosenblum to discuss here frothy beach read murder mystery, Bad Summer People. The novel is set on Fire Island, opens with a dead body, and follows rich people all behaving badly. We chat with Emma about the importance of her island setting; the dark and funny inspiration she took from shows like Succession and White Lotus; the non-judgemen...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome back New York Times bestselling author Chandler Baker to discuss her new novel Cutting Teeth, a witty, thrilling story of parental love that asks: is there anything a mother won’t do for her children? We chat with Chandler about where the idea for baby vampires came from; the very relatable personal quests her female protagonists go on to re...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome back Annabel Monaghan to discuss her new novel, Same Time Next Summer, a perfect and nostalgic summer read about first love and rediscovering your authentic self. Listen now to hear why we are yet again comparing Annabel’s lead to Erica Barry in Something’s Gotta Give; the ways heartbreak shapes identity; the connection between first love, mu...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Elizabeth L. Silver to discuss her new novel, The Majority, a story of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice.  This conversation was right up our alley - three lawyers discussing how women make up the majority of the population by the minority in power, why she wanted to tell the “i...

We’ve been so excited for the Netlfix adaptation of Tia Williams' novel, The Perfect Find, and it did not disappoint! Listen now to our recap of this spicy, steamy, messy, perfectly cast romcom starring Gabrielle Union. Directed by Numa Perrier and written by Leigh Davenport, The Perfect Find feels like a throwback to some of our favorite romcoms of all time (helloooo Boomerang, we’re looking at y...

On today’s episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Sarah Mandel, a psychologist, wife, and mother who chronicles her extraordinary journey with cancer while pregnant with her second baby in her debut memoir, Little Earthquakes.  Sarah is a true light in this world. Please listen to this conversation and read her memoir if you want to be moved, if you want to understand what healing can lo...

It's been a minute and we're having a love/hate transition into summer. We're reaching back into the well for your favorite Riley Sager and/or Ruth Ware novels, we're in the mood for romance with Same Time Next Summer and The Perfect Find adaptation, and Kate's looking forward to the new Kelly Clarkson album while Carinn was surprised to hear that there's anything to listen to besides Taylor Swift...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Amelia Possanza. Amelia is a full-time book publicist and part-time writer, currently living in Brooklyn with her cat. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Electric Literature, The Millions, and NPR’s Invisibilia. Her first book, Lesbian Love Story, is out now -- borrow it, buy it, read it and discuss -- but first listen t...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we are joined by bestselling author Lucy Vine to discuss her delightful new romcom, Seven Exes, about a woman who decides to revisit each of her seven exes, convinced that “the one who got away” is somewhere in the reject pile.  Kate chats with Lucy about the lifelong fascination that inspired this novel; her complicated but highly relatable protagonist...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we chat with Jenny Xie, a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree about her debut novel, Holding Pattern, a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we learn to hold each other. We talk to Jenny about her protagonist, Kathleen, who is down on her luck and living back him with her mother; the...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Andrea Bartz, the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here, to discuss her new novel, The Spare Room. Her latest is a spicy domestic suspense about a locked down relationship turned deadly.    We chat with Andrea about the ways her protagonist, Kelly, is her and how her changes track the ones in Andr...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Colleen McKeegan to discuss her debut novel, The Wild One, which is now out in paperback! The Wild One is a coming of age mystery that explores the ways trauma and societal expectations shape the women we become. We chat with Colleen about what it really feels like to publish a book; the “origin story” of this book and how it morphed from a...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome bestselling author Kirstin Chen to discuss Counterfeit, a Reese Witherspoon book club pick, a Roxane Gay book club pick, and a New York Times Editors’ Choice.   We talk with Kirstin about the model minority myth and why she wanted to explore it in this novel; the different ways we each related to her protagonist, Ava; what would push such an...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome Christine Pride and Jo Piazza to discuss their second novel together, You Were Always Mine, a moving and provocative novel about a Black woman who finds an abandoned white baby, sending her on a collision course with her past, her family, and a birth mother who doesn’t want to be found. We chat with Christine and Jo about their protagonist, Cinnamon,...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we chat with Katie Bishop about her debut novel, The Girls of Summer, which grapples with themes of power, sex, and consent, as it explores the complicated nature of memory and trauma––and what it takes to reframe, and reclaim, your own story. It’s a one that got away story with a #metoo twist. We chat with Katie about structuring her novel between the past and...

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Cecilia Rabess to discuss her stunning debut, Everything’s Fine, a story that asks big questions about America and what it means to live and love in polarized times.  Cecilia shares the origin story of this novel and the creation of her protagonist, Jess, a young black recent college grad working as an analyst at Goldman Sachs; how she crafte...