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Best-Of Re-Airing with Louise Penny

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On Wednesday, November 26th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page [ https= ://substack.com/redirect/52234a63-65ee-46ed-87cc-d470b9c29d63?j=3DeyJ1IjoiM= zU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and YouTube channe= l [ https://substack.com/redirect/639c50f7-dad8-4dba-92a3-f0a18eb15565?j=3D= eyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] we will r= e-air one of our favorite episodes from the vault! Join us as Kristin Harme= l & Patti Callahan Henry talk to #1 bestselling author Louise Penny [ https= ://substack.com/redirect/beae7fdb-07b9-4c0c-8818-b6ed73b5ee15?j=3DeyJ1IjoiM= zU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] about her Fall 202= 4 novel The Grey Wolf [ https://substack.com/redirect/4cd429b7-dc73-48ac-9d= f9-c67d4794c13d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1O= VBXbMAgg ], the 19th installment in her wildly successful Armand Gamache my= stery series. Louise Penny is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestse= lling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She was also the= co-author with Hillary Rodham Clinton of the #1 New York Times bestselling= thriller State of Terror. This time last year, Kristin & Patti enjoyed a w= arm and insightful chat with Louise about her life and career. Now is the p= erfect time to re-air this episode as the 20th Gamache novel, The Back Wolf= [ https://substack.com/redirect/0f206548-950e-48d8-850c-b13c208842fa?j=3De= yJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ], was just = released on October 28th. So, as you=E2=80=99re slicing, dicing, and baking= your way through Thanksgiving Eve, tune in for this chat, now with a brand= -new intro recorded by Patti! Watch the video broadcast of this interview as it airs on Wed 11/26 at 7pm = ET on the F&F Facebook [ https://substack.com/redirect/52234a63-65ee-46ed-8= 7cc-d470b9c29d63?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1= OVBXbMAgg ] group page & YouTube [ https://substack.com/redirect/639c50f7-d= ad8-4dba-92a3-f0a18eb15565?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1Dn= R4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] channel. Catch the audio version on our [ https://su= bstack.com/redirect/4f5f3e11-4db1-4af9-9cd8-2e6b2ba394fb?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2= t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ]podcast [ https://substa= ck.com/redirect/4f5f3e11-4db1-4af9-9cd8-2e6b2ba394fb?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In= 0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] Fri 11/28. Order Louise Penny=E2=80=99s newest book [ https://substack.com/redirect/0f= 206548-950e-48d8-850c-b13c208842fa?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn= 8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] on Bookshop.org! 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She=E2=80=99s so blessed to have them living right around= the corner! And she=E2=80=99s feeling especially thankful to have ROAD TRI= P, her new novel, ready for publication in June. Also feeling so fortunate = to have her bookish Friends & Fiction community=E2=80=94and to have her hou= se decorated and ready for Christmas. KRISTIN HARMEL is thankful for her wonderful family (Hi, Jason and Noah!), = the miracles of modern medicine and all of her great doctors (Bye, cancer!)= , her wonderful friends (including MKA, Kristy, Patti, Ron, Meg, Brenda and= Lisa!), the good fortune of having food on the table for the holidays (She= =E2=80=99ll be donating to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida = [ https://substack.com/redirect/e530c5a5-fa51-4820-8e59-f025f3c6dbd8?j=3Dey= J1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] to help fig= ht hunger in her community), the blessing of living in a democracy (even wh= en things don=E2=80=99t feel perfect), the joy of stories (and of storytell= ing), and of course for this big, beautiful thing called Friends & Fiction= =E2=80=93which includes nearly six years of memories and the friendship of = all of YOU. Happy Thanksgiving! 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MEG WALKER is thankful for the health and well-being of her family and for = work that she loves=E2=80=94and which gloriously affords her the flexibilit= y to do it from anywhere. She=E2=80=99s grateful for six weeks spent in th= e exquisite Finger Lakes this fall, for the chance to see every single one = of her son=E2=80=99s final collegiate soccer games, and for refreshing time= away that reminded her to notice the beauty all around, explore the outdoo= rs, appreciate home, and cherish beloved family and friends. She=E2=80=99s = grateful her parents are in good enough health to soak up time with their a= dult grandkids. And she=E2=80=99s thankful her college graduate daughter is= officially gainfully employed! RON BLOCK is beyond thankful for his amazing family and friends, along with= his Friends & Fiction besties =E2=80=94 Mary Kay, Patti, Kristin, Kristy, = Meg, Lisa & Brenda, and to the wider community of lovers of books, stories = and authors. 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Watch this video compi= lation!=20 In Case You Missed It On last week=E2=80=99s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Mary Kay Andr= ews & Kristin Harmel welcomed #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Chi= ld [ https://substack.com/redirect/26935529-6389-4705-86e4-8c4b1747db01?j= =3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] and An= drew Child [ https://substack.com/redirect/00924c7f-9ab5-406e-af72-1c76f3fe= 10a7?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzAM1OVBXbMAgg ] = to discuss Exit Strategy [ https://substack.com/redirect/6282540b-f7de-49df= -a376-343fc9686c9e?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMzU1Y2t2In0.yT8Hzj14luF7QTYn8thmB1DnR4qdbOzA= M1OVBXbMAgg ], the =E2=80=9Cblockbuster=E2=80=9D (Esquire) 30th installment= in their Jack Reacher thriller series. 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Louise Penny is the #1 New York Times, USA = Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling auth= or of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She was also the co-author= with Hillary Rodham Clinton of the #1 New York Times= bestselling thriller State of Terror. This time last= year, Kristin & Patti enjoyed a warm and insightful chat with Louise a= bout her life and career. Now is the perfect time to re-air this episode as= the 20th Gamache novel, The Back Wolf, wa= s just released on October 28th. So, as you’re slicing, dicing, and b= aking your way through Thanksgiving Eve, tune in for this chat, now with a = brand-new intro recorded by Patti!

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