Bookends

By Zibby Owens,

Book cover of Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature

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A deeply personal memoir about one woman's journey to finding her voice and rewriting her story by the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books (TM).

Zibby Owens has become a well-known personality in the publishing world. Her infectious energy, tasteful authenticity, and…

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1 author picked Bookends as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’m not sure what I expected when I picked up Zibby Owens’ memoir, Bookends. The Zibby I know is a book enthusiast who has created multiple platforms to share her favorite author’s work with the world, including a podcast, retreats, newsletters, a magazine, a bookstore, and even a publishing house. But I'd never thought of her as an author - until now.

I inhaled Bookends, hanging on Owens’ every word as she described her very relatable, and at times crippling, social anxiety (shyness she calls it), her love affair with books, which can only be described as a…

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