Episode Summary:

Today, we welcome Sierra Godfrey, author of A Very Typical Family, to talk about Women’s Fiction. Is it a genre? What does that category mean? Can it have romance in it? Does it have to have a certain kind of ending? We answer those questions and more. Then we’re giving our best women’s fiction recommendations!

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Highlights:

Something in Sierra’s author bio already has Dawn nervous
The challenge of writing sibling stories as an only child
Women’s Fiction and what does that mean exactly
Roni can’t help being a “Well, actually…” person
Our best women’s fiction recommendations
If Dawn is ever in the woods, it means we need to send help
Our RAD Recs of the Week
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**Episode spoilers ahead**

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Our guest’s book and her recommendations:

A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr
Nothing But the Truth by Holly James
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
The Catch by Alison Fairbrother
The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Diane Freeman

Books recommended by Roni:

Old School Taylor Jenkins Reid
One True Loves
Maybe In Another Life
After I Do
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Someday Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

Books recommended by Dawn:

Angry Housewives Eating Bonbons by Lorna Landvik
Why Moms Are Weird by Pamela Ribon
The Things We Wish Were True by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

RAD Reading Recs of the Week:

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Dawn’s rec)
A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin (Roni’s Rec)

Other books mentioned:

The Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland

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Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)