Jodi Picoult on Banned Books, Buried Truths & the Story Behind Hollow Bones

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Jodi Picoult is back, and she brought her thirtieth novel with her. If you have been in a book club at any point in the last thirty years, you know the name. Forty million copies in print. Thirty four languages. And, according to PEN America, the fourth most banned author in America, which Jen considers a five star review. Jodi and Jen get into all of it: what thirty years of publishing actually teaches you, why she refuses to coast when she could easily phone it in, what she believes AI will never do to a reader, and the career she never asked for as an advocate against book banning. Then they turn to Hollow Bones, out September 15, a novel that began with an anonymous postcard and a letter from a jail cell and carried Jodi deep into postpartum psychosis, the dismissal of women by medicine, and the long shadow of 9/11. She also brings back a character you have wondered about since My Sister's Keeper. One heads up before you press play: this conversation includes discussion of postpartum psychosis, suicide, the death of a child, and school shootings. Please take good care of yourself. Support resources are linked below. HOLLOW BONES, OUT SEPTEMBER 15 Pre-order signed copies plus an exclusive overlay from Still North Books Pre-order from Barnes & Noble for the sweepstakes and a letter Signed copies are also available from most independent bookstores SUPPORT AND RESOURCES Postpartum Support International: https://www.postpartum.net/ National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 PEN America on book bans: https://pen.org/banned-books/ ALSO MENTIONED Nineteen Minutes, My Sister's Keeper, and Mad Honey (with Jennifer Finney Boylan) by Jodi Picoult The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, adapted for the stage by Jodi Picoult PostSecret: https://postsecret.com/ FOLLOW JODI https://jodipicoult.com/ https://instagram.com/jodipicoult https://tiktok.com/@jodipicoult https://facebook.com/jodipicoult CONNECT WITH JEN https://jenhatmaker.com/ https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL Go to https://jenhatmaker.com/podcast and look for the Send Voicemail button. We listen to all of them and we might just play yours on the show. The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy. #JodiPicoult #HollowBones #ForTheLove Jodi Picoult, Hollow Bones, Jodi Picoult interview, Jodi Picoult new book, Jen Hatmaker, For the Love podcast, banned books, book bans, PEN America, Nineteen Minutes, My Sister's Keeper, Mad Honey, The Book Thief musical, postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression, maternal mental health, women's health, 9/11, writing advice, authors on AI, publishing, book club, author interview, women's fiction, Wonder Woman, freedom to read #JodiPicoult #HollowBones #ForTheLove #BannedBooks #JenHatmaker

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