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>>> HAPPY
>>> HAPPY THURSDAY EVERYONE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT
SUMMER RIDE.
SUMMER RIDE. NEW YORK TIMES AUTHOR EMILY
GRIFFIN HAS A NEW ONE NOW.
I READ IT IN TWO NIGHTS.
IT'S A PAGE TURNER, SHE STOPPED
BY TO TELL US MORE.
CHECK IT OUT.
>> I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
IT'S A PAGE TURNER, I'M NOTE
DONE YET.
DONE YET.
DONE YET. AS SOON AS THE SHOW IS DONE I'M
GOING TO CHECK BACK IN WHEN I
CAN SIT ON THE COUC . TELL
EVERYONE WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
>> ALL WE EVER WANTED IS ABOUT
NINA A WOMAN FORCED TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN HER FAMILY AND HER
DEEPLY HELD VALUES WHEN HER SON
IS CAUGHT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA
SCANDAL THAT TEARS APART THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> I WILL TELL YOU THIS READS
LIKE A THRILLER AND WE'RE
DIVING INTO ISSUES, WE HAVE
CLASS, MONEY, RACE, WAS THAT
INTENTIONAL OR IS THIS
SOMETHING, I KNOW --
>> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING YOUR
NEXT BOOK, WAS IT SOMETHING
THAT CAN IGNITED IN YOU BASED
ON WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS
A COUNTRY.
A COUNTRY. >> MY BOOKS ARE CHARACTER
DRIVEN, I TRY TO WRITE ABOUT
PEOPLE AND REAL WOMEN AND
SITUATIONS WE CAN RELATE TO.
THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN
RIGHT NOW, THE ISSUES OF
CLASSISM AND SEXISM AND RACISM
HAS FORMED THE ENVIRONMENT
AROUND THE STORY.
>> AND REALLY WHAT CAPTURES ME
RIGHT A WAY IS SOMETHING WE ALL
DO, WE'RE ALWAYS POSTING, BUT
IT'S THAT ONE POST THAT YOU
DON'T THINK ANYTHING OF AND YOU
CERTAINLY CAN'T TAKE BACK AND
NOT EVEN A POST, SOMETHING THAT
IS SHARED, AND IT IS JUST SO
PREVALENT AND YOU ARE SO
ENGAGING IN A GREAT WAY ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT I'M SURE --
>> SO, ARE YOU, I LOVED YOUR
POST LAST NIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
CHECK OUT MY INSTAGRAM AND
CAROLINE WAS DOING READING AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. WAS
WELL. WAS THAT ALSO SOMETHING FROM
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE,
THE POSITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE
THAT REALLY MADE YOU WANT TO
DIVE MORE INTO WHAT THIS MEANS,
THE FACT THAT WE CAN JUST SAY
ANYTHING AT ANY TIME?
>> I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA HAS
BECOME A PART OF OUR LIVES FOR
BETTER AND FOR WORSE.
AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT THINGS
ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A
FEW RISKS INVOLVED.
OBVIOUSLY, THE ONE WE SEE THE
PITFALL IN THE BOOK.
ALSO THERE'S A SENSE OF PEOPLE
TRYING TO PAINT THEIR LIVES A
LITTLE TOO PERFECTLY AND I
THINK NINA DEALS WITH THAT
STRUGGLE IN THE BOOK OF
WONDERING IF HER LIFE IS EVEN
SHE WANTS IT TO BE OR IS SHE
JUST SORT OF CREATING THIS
PERFECT WORLD.
PERFECT WORLD. >> THE PAYS AND THE PLOT READS
LIKE -- THE PACE AND THE PLOT,
WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. >> I WISH I HAD.
I NEVER OUTLINE, MY BOOKS ARE
CHARACTER DRIVEN AND/OR DUANE I
CAN, THE CHARACTERS MEET
SITUATIONS AND SOMETIMES I'M
SURPRISED MYSELF AS I WRITE.
I THINK THIS DOES HAVE A LITTLE
MORE SUSPENSE THAN SOME OF THE
OTHER BOOKS BEING THAT THE
STAKES ARE HIGH FOR THIS
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. >> AND I LIKE THAT YOU WRITE,
THE THREE CHARACTERS, THE VOICE
THAT IS WE HEAR.
AND YOU RELATE, YOU SAID TO THE
DAD OR IS THIS THE FIRST TIME
YOU'VE WRITTEN IN A MALE VOICE.
>> IT'S THE FIRST TIME I
WRITTEN FROM A MALE
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. I LOVED IT, AND I CONNECTED
WITH HIS CONCERNS AS A FATHER
AND NINA AND THE BEAUTY IN
WRITING OF THE FIRST PERSON YOU
GET INTO THE HEADS OF THESE
THREE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS AND
I COULD RELATE TO ALL OF THEM
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
NINA'S JOURNEY TO BE A GOOD
MOTHER AND PERSON.
SHE IS FACED WITH AM I BEING
DISLOYAL TO THE PERSON I LOVE
THE MOST.
THE MOST.
THE MOST. IF I UPHOLD MY OWN VALUES.
>> IT'S A LEVEL WE FACE IN
VARYING DEGREES IN OUR LIVES.
>> AS A PARENT, SOMEONE, WHO
YOUR CHILD, THEY LOVE
UNCONGRESS'SLY, THEY MAKE A BAD
CHOICE, HOW DO YOU DEFEND THAT
AND WHERE DO YOU GO.
>> AND WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE
LINE, AND AT WHAT POINT DO YOU
SAY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO
EVERY SINGLE THING TO STAND BY
MY CHILD, WHAT POINT IS THIS A
DIPS SERVICE TO THEM.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER IS FINCH A
GOOD PERSON, DID SHE RAISE A
GOOD PERSON THAT MADE A MISTAKE
OR IS SHE FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED
THAT SHE NEEDED AN ADDRESS.
WE CAN RELATE TO THESE AS
PARENTS AND PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO CALL PEOPLE OUT IT'S
DIFFICULT OR DO WE STAND BY
THEM AND DEFEND THEM NO MATTER
WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
>> THIS IS WHY YOU'RE BELOVED
ALL OVER THE WORLD AND
ESPECIALLY HERE IN ATLANTA,
YOUR BOOKS HAVE THESE
CHARACTERS, THEY'RE FLAWED AND
SO RELATABLE AND YOU SUCK US
IN, THERE'S A PART OF US THAT
WE'RE LIKE, OH, GOSH I COULD
SEE MYSELF FOR DOING THIS FOR
BETTER OR WORSE.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR
STORY LINES, YOUR SETTINGS AND
CITIES, I LOVE WHEN IT'S
ATLANTA AND I LOVE READING A
BOOK I'VE BEEN THIS AND BEEN
THERE, NASHVILLE, WHY THAT CITY
AND WHAT HOME WORK DID YOU DO
FOR THAT?
FOR THAT?
FOR THAT? >> DO YOU LIKE NASHVILLE?
I LOVE NASHVILLE.
>> I DO I'VE BEEN TWICE, IT'S
AMAZING.
AMAZING.
AMAZING. >> I WOULD SET ALL OF MY BOOKS
IN ATLANTA, IF I COULD, I GUESS
I COULD, BURY WANTED TO MIX FOR
UP A LITTLE BIT.
ATLANTA AND NASHVILLE ARE
DIVERSE CITIES, SO, YOU HAVE,
YOU KNOW YOUR ENCLAVE HERE, YOU
HAVE BUCKHEAD AND DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THIS REALLY
WORKED.
WORKED.
WORKED. NASHVILLE REALLY WORKED FOR ALL
WE EVER WANTED, BELLE MEADE IS
BUCKHEADESQUE, THERE'S A GRIT
YEAR PART OF TOWN, EAST
NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE. IT'S CHARMING VIBRANT BEAUTIFUL
CITY, AND HONESTLY I PICK
PLACES WHERE I WANT TO DO A
LITTLE RESEARCH.
LITTLE RESEARCH. I NEED TO GO ON A RESEARCH TRIP
WITH GIRLFRIENDS.
WITH GIRLFRIENDS. >> SPEAKING OF IF THE KIDS,
YOUR DAUGHTER HARRIET IS HERE.
>> SHE IS.
>> HOW DO YOU BALANCE IT ALL?
>> EVERY TIME WHAT DO I SAY?
BACK TO YOU.
>> I SAY YOU DO THE SAME THING.
>> OF COURSE, YOU DO.
>> I DON'T.
>> WE ALL ARE DOING THE BEST WE
CAN, WHETHER WE'RE PART-TIME,
WORKING MOTHER, STAY AT HOME
MOTHER, YOU KNOW, SINGLE, WE'RE
ALL JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH
THIS THING, AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO BE EMPATHETIC TO
ONE ANOTHER AND HELP ONE
ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER
INADVERTENT MESSAGE IN MY BOOK,
I NEVER SET OUT TO RIGHT WITH A
THEME OR MORAL MESSAGE
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. IT'S ABOUT PUT OURSELVES IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES AND EVEN
WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE
THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
THEIR PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
TRY TO DO IN ALL WE EVER
WANTED.
WANTED.
WANTED. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH.
PICK UP A COPY OF ALL WE EVER
WANTED.
WANTED.
WANTED. YOU CAN SEE HER AT THE MARCUS
COMMUNITY CENTER IN ATLANTA.
SHE CHATS WITH YOU.
>> IT WILL BE FUN.
>> JCC DOES THE BEST --
>> THEN REALLY DO THE BEST
BOOKIE VENTS.
BOOKIE VENTS. THEY'RE FABULOUS.
THEY'RE FABULOUS. THEY'RE EVENTS, THEY'RE NOT
JUST BOOK SIGNINGS, COME OUT
AND ENJOY THE WINE AND FOOD.
>> SHE'LL PRESIGN COPIES.
>> IT'S DATE NIGHT.
>> FOR MORE ON EMILY OR ATLANTA