On today’s Complicated Conversation we are thrilled to welcome back Mary Adkins to discuss her third novel, Palm Beach, which is out now in paperback. It was a reunion of old friends between Carinn, Kate and Mary, who has the distinction of being our very first author interview many years ago!We chat with Mary about how a college creative writing professor temporarily derailed Mary’s dreams of writing fiction and how she found her way back; why we all need to learn to ignore the applause and follow the crickets; how motherhood and her early days living in NYC inspired this novel; the craft challenges Mary gave herself when writing this book; how she reconciled questions around the “likeability” of her protagonist; the ways this books explores her own anxieties around parenting and the tension around division of labor; and the various “woo woo” ways the three of us relinquish control and learn more about ourselves (think: astrology, the enneagram, tarot cards and much more!). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.