A Bookish Home

Laura Szaro Kopinski
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A Bookish Home

A Bookish Home takes you “behind the book” with bestselling authors. Add to your TBR list while getting the inside scoop on the winding road to publication.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Ep 239: Julia Kelly on The Dressmakers of London

    This week, Julia Kelly is back with us to discuss her new novel, The Dressmakers of London, about estranged sisters who inherit their late mother’s dress shop in World War II London.  We discuss unearthing women's everyday experiences in history, how rationing affected women's fashion during World War II, the lasting impact on clothing design,  ties to today's slow fashion movement, and much more.

    31 min

  2. FEB 11

    Ep 238: Melissa Ferguson on The Perfect Rom-Com to Pick Up Next

    Just in time for Valentine's Day —Melissa Ferguson is here this week to give us the inside scoop on "The Perfect Rom-Com" for writers and bibliophiles to pick up next. We discussed turning moments from her own writing journey into this romcom about an aspiring novelist, chronicling life with her family on Our Friendly Farmhouse, carving out a writing routine as a busy mom, the dilemmas of ghostwriting, and much more. Past guest of the podcast RaeAnne Thayne raves that with The Perfect Rom-Com, "Melissa Ferguson delivers yet another sparkling, laugh-out-loud romance!"

    29 min

  3. FEB 4

    Ep. 237: Tara Dorabji on the Sweeping Family Saga, Call Her Freedom

    This week, Tara Dorabji shares the path to publishing her debut novel, Call Her Freedom. A sweeping family saga and intergenerational love story, the book was also the winner of Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us First Novel Contest, a competition for underrepresented writers to submit their manuscripts and win a book deal. A deeply moving novel about one woman’s love for her family, this is an epic investigation of colonialism, militarization, and the loss and innocence on the journey to creating home.

    26 min

  4. JAN 28

    Ep 236: Fiona Davis Takes Us Behind the Scenes at the Met in The Stolen Queen

    Today one of my favorite authors, Fiona Davis is back on A Bookish Home to tell us all about her dazzling new novel, The Stolen Queen.  For nearly a decade, Fiona Davis has introduced readers to the fascinating and often little known histories behind some of New York City’s most iconic landmarks through the eyes of female characters seeking the truth about themselves and the world around them. Now, in her enthralling eighth novel, The Stolen Queen, Fiona Davis delights readers with a story centered on the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its famed Met Gala, while for the first time, exploring a territory beyond New York City—Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.

    30 min

  5. JAN 21

    Ep 235: Nancy Reddy on Dismantling The Good Mother Myth

    This week my guest is Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom. Timely and thought-provoking, Nancy Reddy unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined what it means to be a "good" mom.

    34 min

  6. JAN 14

    Ep. 234: Tracey Lange on Crafting Compelling Families

    This week my guest is New York Times bestselling author Tracey Lange, author of What Happened to the McCrays?, a poignant story about the resilience of family, the importance of community, and the magic of middle school hockey. Full of love and hope, What Happened to the McCrays? takes an intimate look at both sides of a failed marriage and two people who must finally confront the awful pain of their past or risk being consumed by it.

    27 min

  7. JAN 7

    Ep. 233: Rebecca J. Sanford on the True Stories Behind The Disappeared

    This week my guest is Rebecca J. Sanford, author of The Disappeared, a dazzling historical tale of one woman's fight for survival, a grandmother's search for her child and grandchild, and an adoptee's journey of self-discovery. Seamlessly moving from 1970s Buenos Aires (at the heart of the Dirty War) to early 2000s New York, Rebecca creates a delicate portrait of the consequences of war and the power of women's resistance.

    26 min

  8. 12/30/2024

    Ep. 232: Megan Tady Whisks Us Away to a Dreamy Swiss Village in Bluebird Day

    Today Megan Tady is back with us to discuss her new hilarious and heartwarming new novel from Zibby Books, Bluebird Day -about  a mother-daughter celebrity skiing duo who must learn to manage the bumps in their own estranged relationship when an avalanche in a dreamy Swiss village forces them together.

    27 min
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A Bookish Home takes you “behind the book” with bestselling authors. Add to your TBR list while getting the inside scoop on the winding road to publication.

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  • Creator
    Laura Szaro Kopinski
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    239
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved
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    A Bookish Home

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