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Pop Fiction Women

In Pop Fiction Women we deep-dive into the complicated women of books, movies and TV shows, along with the women that bring them to life behind the scenes. Think Fleabag and Phoebe Waller Bridge, Normal People and Sally Rooney, and so much more. In each episode you can expect us to: * Break down the protagonist as we ask what makes her complicated? * Identify the best scenes, which can mean sweetest, funniest, or most badass. Anything we love. * Recount the cringiest scenes. The ones that make you

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43:33

'The Perfect Find' on Netflix & Tia Williams, Numa...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/07/05

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 you) while also feeling modern and original. Please do us a favor and rate us five stars on Spotify and

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Sarah Mandel & 'Little Earthquakes': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/07/03

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 look like, and if you need a reminder of how to seek out hope in the most difficult of times. We were so

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Friday Preview June 30: What We're Reading, Watching,...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/30

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. Happy Friday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Amelia Possanza & 'Lesbian Love Story': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/27

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 to our spoiler-free conversation about this memoir in archives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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Lucy Vine & 'Seven Exes': Complicated Conversations...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/22

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, Esther; the way the movie Jerry Maguire sold women a total line about what we really need to be

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Jenny Xie & 'Holding Pattern': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/21

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 ways the novel subverts traditional mother-daughter roles; how art imitated life and what Jenny’s

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41:31

Andrea Bartz & 'The Spare Room': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/20

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 Andrea’s own life ; the multi-faceted role the pandemic played in the development of this novel; the

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60:09

Colleen McKeegan & 'The Wild One': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/15

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 middle grade novel inspired by the movie “Stand By Me” into what it is today – something she herself

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Kirstin Chen & 'Counterfeit': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/14

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 otherwise controlled woman to partake in a counterfeit handbag scheme; the ways in which her

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Jo Piazza and Christine Pride & 'You Were Always...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/13

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, a women who has overcome so much, but has learned to keep herself small and not dare to want for more;

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35:56

Katie Bishop & 'The Girls of Summer': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/08

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 present; the Greek island setting as a character; the effect of trauma on memory and the stories we tell

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Cecilia Rabess & 'Everything's Fine': Complicated...

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2023/06/07

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 crafted the complicated, chemistry infused love story between Jess and Josh, her ideological antithesis;

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Ashley Audrain & 'The Whispers': Complicated...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/06

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome back Ashley Audrain. Her debut novel, The Push, was a New York Times, Sunday Times (London), and number-one international bestseller, and a Good Morning America Book Club pick. Her second novel, The Whispers, is out today and is a pageturner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens. No one examines motherhood with the nuance and complexity of Ashley and we loved deep diving into the weighty questions of

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Kirthana Ramisetti & 'Advika and the Hollywood...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/06/01

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Kirthana Ramisetti. Her debut novel, Dava Shastri’s Last Day, was a Good Morning America book club pick and is currently in development with HBO Max. We chat with her about her second novel, Advika and the Hollywood Wives, which is out now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Succession Series Finale Recap: Shiv Wins

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/05/30

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Yellowjackets Recap Season 2 Finale

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/05/26

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.

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Friday Preview 5/26: What We're Reading, Watching,...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/05/25

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.

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Avery Carpenter Forrey & 'Social Engagement':...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/05/23

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Avery Carpenter Forrey to discuss her debut novel, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT, a novel that explores millennial wedding culture, class, and relationships, all filtered through the ever-present lens of social media. We chat with Avery about the development of Callie and her perfect narrator status as an insider/outsider; complicated female friendship; the connection between memory and social media; the thin line between the one that got away and a toxic

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34:44

The Last Thing He Told Me Recap, Eps 5-7: the...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/05/19

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Christina Lauren & 'The True Love Experiment':...

Pop Fiction Women ·

2023/05/17

On this episode of Complicated Conversations we welcome Christina Lauren, the combined pen name of long-time writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The #1 international bestselling coauthor duo have produced eighteen New York Times bestselling novels and we talk with them about their wildly fun and smart summer romance, The True Love Experiment. We chat with them about taking Fizzy - a fan favorite side character from their last novel, The Soulmate Equation - to

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