People of the Book Episode 11: Meryl chats with Jacqueline Friedland.

Meryl chats with Jacqueline Friedland about her new novel, He Gets That From Me (September 2021), which tells the story of a young woman who serves as a surrogate mother and subsequently discovers that she has unwittingly given away her own biological child. They also talk about Jacqueline’s two other award-winning novels, Trouble the Water and That’s Not a Thing, and how she tackles diverse genres. Jacqueline is the multi-award-winning author of That's Not a Thing and Trouble the Water. Her new bestselling novel, He Gets That From Me, was published in September 2021. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and NYU Law School, she practiced law and later taught legal writing and lawyering skills while she began working on her first book in her spare time. After she decided to embrace her passion and pursue writing full time, Jacqueline returned to school to earn her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, graduating from the program in 2016. When not writing, Jacqueline is an avid reader of all things fiction. She loves to exercise, watch movies with her family, listen to music, make lists, and dream about exotic vacations. She lives in Westchester, New York with her husband, four children and two very bossy canines. Website: www.jacquelinefriedland.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/JacquelineFriedlandAuthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbfriedland Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackiefriedland/ On People of the Book, award-winning author Meryl Ain chats with notable authors, and brings you the best in books with Jewish content. From novels to memoirs to short stories to scholarly tomes, we cover a wide range of reads. Our freewheeling conversations are thought provoking and intimate. They span historical themes, contemporary issues, the writing process, and the influences that inspire and empower writers to tell their stories and share them with the world. Meryl is the award-winning author of The Takeaway Men, a post-Holocaust novel. The sequel, Shadows We Carry, will be published in April 2023. She is