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To honor the spirit of Valentine’s day this month we are turning the spotlight on a classic romcom circa 2002: Sweet Home Alabama. It’s an absolute favorite for us both! In today’s episode we deep dive into what makes it a classic, some of our favorite scenes, what we each love about it, and where we could potentially find Melanie and Jake now if those sequel rumors ever came true (highly doubtful...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we are thrilled to chat with Arielle Haller-Silverstone, the writer and co-producer of Love, Reconsidered, an indie rom com about a down-on-her-luck New Yorker whose life is suddenly transferred to the Hamptons after a chance meeting with a wealthy consignment store owner.  We chat with Ari about how her own real life journey inspired this movie and the characte...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome back one of our favorites, New York Times bestselling author, Tia Williams. We discuss her steamy and beautiful new novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, a story about a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician who are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem. Making her three-peat appearance on PFW, we chat with her abou...

In our new series, Debut Discussions, we're asking debut authors to tell us their story -- not only the story in the novel they wrote -- but the journey they took to hold that book in their hands. On today's episode we welcome Tracy Sierra to discuss her debut novel, Nightwatching, a terrifying and gripping story about a mother forced to the breaking point when her life and the lives of her childr...

We have your recap of Episodes 1 & 2 of Expats, a six-part limited series, based on the best-selling novel “The Expatriates” by Janice Y.K. Lee and directed by Lulu Wang. Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents, Expats depicts a multifaceted group of women – Margaret, Hillary and Mercy – after a single encounter sets off a chain of life-altering events that leaves everyone navigati...

In our new series, Debut Discussions, we're asking debut authors to tell us their story -- not only the story in the novel they wrote -- but the journey they took to hold that book in their hands. On today's episode we welcome Ashley Tate to discuss her debut, Twenty-Seven Minutes, a gripping thriller about what happens when grief becomes unbearable and dark secrets are unearthed in a hometown tha...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome Ashley Elston to discuss First Lie Wins, her addictive, twisty, cat-and-mouse suspense novel with plenty of heart and plenty of fans – the novel is the January pick for Reese’s Book Club and an instant NYT bestseller! We chat with Ashley about her complex protagonist Evie – a woman without a true identity who longs to be someone to somebody; the roman...

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In our new series, Debut Discussions, we're asking debut authors to tell us their story -- not only the story in the novel they wrote -- but the journey they took to hold that book in their hands. On today's episode we welcome Jessica Saunders to discuss her debut, Love, Me, an honest examination of love, marriage, and the fantasy of a second-chance romance with the one that got away. Like us, Jes...

All hail Emerald Fennell! The English writer/director who brought us the critically heralded and Academy Award-winning, candy-colored revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, has followed-up it up with Saltburn, a visually-stunning thriller about class conflict, jealousy, obsession.  This movie is not for everyone. On today’s episode, Kate and Carinn fall into different camps in terms of how this m...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome Emma Grey to discuss her first adult novel, The Last Love Note, which she wrote in the wake of her husband’s death. It’s a fictional tribute to their love, an attempt to articulate the magnitude of her loss and a life-affirming commitment to hope. It’s also funny and warm, just like @emmagreyauthor herself! Emma chats with us about the line between tr...

It may be the start of 2024, but in our new episode we are discussing the highest grossing movie of 2023 - BARBIE - and Greta Gerwig, its history-making director and co-writer. For this episode we went a bit old school PFW and brought back some of our favorite segments: analyzing the scenes we loved, citing our favorite quotes and insights from Greta Gerwig in “what she said”, picking what won the...

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Please do us a favor and rate us five stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! (if we're not five stars to you, skip it) Follow @popfictionwomen on Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our new series, Debut Discussions, we're asking debut authors to tell us their story -- not only the story in the novel they wrote -- but the journey they took to hold that book in their hands. On today's episode we're chatting with Anna Bliss about her debut novel, Bonfire Night, a gripping and emotional WWII novel of star-crossed lovers.  We chat with Anna about her early love of reading, wri...

This episode was recorded in April of 2022 and mysteriously disappeared, only to resurface today, when Kate and Carinn really needed to hear it.  Please do us a favor and rate us five stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! (if we're not five stars to you, skip it) Follow @popfictionwomen on Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

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In today’s episode we’re examining the Netflix adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s novel, “Leave The World Behind.” Directed by Sam Esmail and starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali and Myha’La, Leave The World Behind is an apocalyptic thriller about a seemingly idyllic family vacation on Long Island that gets interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a blackout. As the threat grows, both...

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On today’s episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Nita Prose to discuss The Mystery Guest, her follow-up to The Maid, which sold over one million copies worldwide! Molly Gray is back again in The Mystery Guest and we chat with Nita about where we find Molly now and how the structure of the novel allows us to learn about Molly’s past and get a deeper un...

On today’s Complicated Conversation we welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blakley-Cartwright to discuss Alice Sadie Celine, her hypnotic, sexy, and incisive debut adult novel following one woman’s affair with her daughter’s best friend that tests the limits of love and ambition. Alice Sadie Celine had us deep in our feelings and thinking big thoughts – the conversation with Sarah w...

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