Pop Fiction Women

LIVE from the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, we interview Lynne and Valerie Constantine, New York Times bestselling sister duo authors of The Last Mrs. Parrish and four other novels. ** After an introduction to Pop Fiction Women and Liv Constantine, we start at the beginning with their debut, The Last Mrs. Parrish, a December 2017 Reese Book Club pick. They share how they found out the...

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'Nine Perfect Strangers' Recap: Episode 1 Why you should watch and what you should know if you loved White Lotus! No spoilers -- just two strong opinions, some fun facts, and a comparison to that other popular retreat show. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @popfictionwomen and on Twitter @pop_women. To do a full deep dive, check out our website at www.popfictionwomen.com. Stay Complicated! See...

We give you a behind the scenes peek of our live complicated conversation with Liv Constantine at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @popfictionwomen and on Twitter @pop_women. To do a full deep dive, check out our website at www.popfictionwomen.com. Stay Complicated! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choice...

On this episode we are discussing New York Times bestseller Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  Loosely linked to both of her previous smash hits, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six, Malibu Rising continues her theme of exploring the inner lives of the rich and famous. This time she takes us to Malibu in the early 80s, where four famous siblings throw an epic party t...

On this Complicated Conversation we chat with Chandler Baker, the New York Times bestselling author of WHISPER NETWORK, about her new book, and August GMA Book Club pick, THE HUSBANDS. ** We start by discussing the protagonist of The Husbands, Nora Spangler, a successful attorney and hardworking mother who is exhausted and feels like she is failing on all fronts and struggling to find more hours i...

On this Complicated Conversation, we chat with Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, the New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet, June, Set Me Free, and The Effects of Light. Her new novel, Fierce Little Thing, tells the story of five friends, now grown, who after receiving letters, return to the lakeside commune where they met as kids to confront their blackmailer. What did they do and what will t...

On this special edition, spoiler-filled episode of Complicated Conversation we welcome New York Times bestselling author, Jean Hanff Korelitz, the author of the novels You Should Have Known (which aired on HBO as The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), Admission (adapted as a film in 2013 starring Tina Fey), and others. Her new novel, THE PLOT, is a propulsive read...

On this Complicated Conversation, we chat with Karin Slaughter, one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed storytellers. And, as we now know, one of the funniest too! Slaughter has written a staggering 21 novels, been published in 120 countries and sold more than 35 million copies. We discuss her new novel, False Witness, which tells the story of two sisters who endure horrific trauma in their...

On this episode we are joined by internationally bestselling author and friend of the pod, Joanna Rakoff, to discuss Laura Dave’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick, The Last Thing He Told Me...a thriller rooted in hope! ** Complicated Woman. After an introduction to the book and our love of Laura Dave’s backlist, we each share what we found remarkable about Hannah, who...

We may have initially resisted jumping on what felt like an over-hyped bandwagon for this HBO Max hit, but Hacks and the brilliance of Jean Smart won us over instantly! If you loved Hacks as much as we do, you’ll want to listen to our discussion of these complicated women, Deborah and Hannah. We start by marveling at how their coming together allows us to love them each even more as individuals.  ...

We are thrilled to be joined by #1 NY Times bestselling author, and friend of the pod, Emily Giffin. She is here for a “Sidebar” chat, which is a cheeky reference to the fact that we’re both lawyers and love to have conversations incidental to our main topics and episodes. Our tagline is: two lawyers, one topic, and a whole lot to say! We’re excited to add a third lawyer (Emily) to today’s sidebar...

On this Complicated Conversation we welcome New York Times bestselling author, Alka Joshi, the author of The Henna Artist and now The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, the second novel in what will be a trilogy. We chat with Alka about what it felt like to be a coveted Reese Book Club pick, how she aspires “to matter” in her life, the cinematic way she writes, the ways her parents inspired her, how she’s l...

We welcome Lisa Taddeo, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Three Women, to discuss her new novel. Animal is a depiction of female rage at its rawest, and a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society. ** We start by talking to Lisa about how she is feeling given the magnitude of her fiction debut, following the phenomenon that was Three Wo...

In this episode we’re mixing it up and sitting down with Alyssa Litman and Taylor Misiak, hosts of the popular podcast Table Flipping! Table Flipping takes “silly” reality TV seriously. Whether they’re raising eyebrows at Real Housewives, questioning The Bachelor’s latest Rose Ceremony, or hashing out the Vanderpump Rules, Alyssa and Taylor are smart, insightful, and laugh-out-loud funny. It’s the...

Do soulmates have an expiration date? We welcome back Tia Williams to discuss this burning question presented by her new novel, Seven Days in June -- a witty, romantic, and sexy-as-hell story of two writers and their second chance at love. ** We start by discussing Eva, who is strong, but also struggling to keep it all together. She underestimates herself, but also overextends herself so that she...

We welcome Marianne Cronin, to discuss her debut novel, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, which tells the story of seventeen-year-old Lenni who lives on the Terminal Ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Though the teenager has been told she’s dying, she still has plenty of living to do. Joining the hospital’s arts and crafts class, she meets the magnificent Margot, an 83-year-old,...

We welcome Ashley Audrain, author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Push, which tells the story of a woman who is determined to be a different mother than the ones that came before her. But once her daughter is born she quickly realizes something is wrong with her and an incident in the family forces her to look at who her daughter is and who she really is, all while her family unravels....

Introducing our “sidebar” conversations, a cheeky reference to the fact that we’re both lawyers and love to have conversations incidental to our main topics and episodes. We’re letting you in on our typical offline conversations about whatever we’re obsessing over in pop culture. And today we are talking about one of our favorite, wonderfully complicated, multi-talented, all around badass women......

We have a bonus episode where we discuss the ending of THE PLOT (that ending!?!?!). We get into an interesting debate about whether men and women have the right to tell the same stories. This is a spoiler-free teaser, but the tell-all, ask-all version of our interview with Jean will be available ONLY to Patreon members at patreon.com/popfictionwomen Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @popfictionw...

On this Complicated Conversation we welcome New York Times bestselling author, Jean Hanff Korelitz, the author of the novels You Should Have Known (which aired on HBO as The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), Admission (adapted as a film in 2013 starring Tina Fey), and others. Her new novel, THE PLOT, is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and t...

We welcome internationally bestselling author, Mhairi McFarlane, who explores lifelong friendships, long-buried secrets, and unexpected love in her heartfelt, emotional new novel, Just Last Night. Sometimes complicated is too fun! ** We start by discussing Eve, her complicated heroine, and how she grew organically from the story. We loved hearing about how writing for a 30-something seems to be he...

We welcome internationally bestselling author, Stephanie Danler, to discuss Stray, her memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and of her attempts to find a life beyond the limits of her past. ** We start by discussing how Stray was not the most obvious follow-up to her bestselling novel, Sweetbitter, and how she knew this was what she needed to write next (even though sh...

We welcome USA Today bestselling author, Kristy Woodson Harvey, who starts by telling us about her new novel, Under The Southern Sky, a heart-wrenching tale of love and loss and finding yourself through it all. ** From the very first page when we meet the protagonist, Amelia, the stakes are high and we were immediately hooked. Kristy shares more about that opening scene and the development of Amel...

We welcome internationally bestselling author, Joanna Rakoff, to discuss her memoir, My Salinger Year. Joanna tells the story of the year she worked as the assistant to the literary agent for JD Salinger. It's a beautiful coming of age story and now a major motion picture!   ** We start by discussing the exhilarating experience of seeing her story adapted for the big screen starring Margaret Quall...