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Alice Feeney & 'Good Bad Girl': Complicated Conversations Series

Alice Feeney & 'Good Bad Girl': Complicated Conversations Series

FromPop Fiction Women


Alice Feeney & 'Good Bad Girl': Complicated Conversations Series

FromPop Fiction Women

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this episode of Complicated Conversations, we welcome Alice Feeney –  a New York Times million-copy bestselling author – to discuss her new novel, Good Bad Girl. Known as the “queen of twists,” Feeney’s novel is another thrilling mystery filled with drama, her trademark surprises, and complex female characters. 
A book dedicated to “daughters of mothers of daughters” and set on Mother’s Day, Good Bad Girl allowed us to dig deep with Alice about daughterhood and the range of emotions that evokes for her characters (and us!). We also chat about nuance in character development – how “sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things”; the symbolism of ladybugs in the novel; her writing process; and the serendipitous way in which Alice helped Carinn continue with her own writing!
Good Bad Girl is out now. Buy it, read it, share it, and listen to our spoiler-free interview with the incredible Alice Feeney wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Aug 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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 squirm. Sometimes it’s self-sabotage, sometimes it’s growth, but it’s always part of the process of becoming our complicated selves. * Play arm-chair therapist in What’s Your Damage, Heather? An homage to the iconic line in Winona Rider’s Heathers, we discuss how these characters got to be the way they are. * “What She Said” - the segment where we scour every essay and interview with the women behind the scenes and share some of our favorite first person quotes. Real life is as interesting as fiction here. * Look into our crystal ball and ponder where these characters are six months later and five years later. Typically, Kate gets very real and Carinn gets buck wild. * Provide a takeaway, aka that part in the podcast where we try to sound deep. We leave you with some parting wisdom, challenge each other with thought-provoking questions inspired by the work, and urge you to “stay complicated.”