What it’s like entering the spotlight after a career of ghostwriting

For most of her writing life Patricia Finn wrote and polished other people’s stories. But this spring she stepped out of the shadows with the publication of her debut novel. It’s called The Golden Boy and it follows a television executive who, after losing his job, inherits the grandchildren of his deceased friend. Patricia joins the show to tell us about The Golden Boy and recommend a companion read. Plus, author Uzma Jalaluddin shares what Gen Z slang she's picked up from her kids while answering The Next Chapter's version of the Proust Questionnaire.

Books discussed on this week's show include:

No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai

Moonlight Murder by Uzma Jalaluddin

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