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Today is our latest BFF Book Club. This month, we’re joined by by Annie Harnett, author of The Road to Tender Hearts. Annie is the award-winning author of two additional novels, Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals.

Episode Highlights:

• The inspiration behind The Road to Tender Hearts and how Annie transformed personal anxiety into sharp, heartfelt fiction.
• Her writing process of “going for the joke first” and then layering in what she calls the “emo copy” to bring emotional depth.
• Why humor is her entry point into heavier themes.
• How her experience as a former bookseller shaped her storytelling and reading life.
• Annie’s book flight featuring four of her all-time favorite books.

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📚 Next Meet the Author Event
🗓️ March 15th | 🕓 3 pm PST / 5 pm CST / 6 pm EST

We’re thrilled to welcome Carmela Dutra, author of A Murder Most Fowl, a cozy food truck murder mystery, to our next Book Club gathering! Come for the conversation and stay for the community. 👉 Register Here.

Books and authors mentioned in the episode:

• Karmen Somers episode featuring The Road to Tender Hearts (E168)
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
• Emily Henry’s book
• Margo’s Got Money Trouble by Rufi Thorpe
• Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
• The Wedding People by Alison Espach
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
• Anxious People by Fredrik Bakman

Book Flight

• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
• Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
• John Irving’s books

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