{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Patricia Finn: The Golden Boy","description":"Patricia Finn joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her novel, THE GOLDEN BOY, a complex, non-linear narrative about marriage, friendship and redemption that spans multiple timelines. The book explores themes of memory, identity, exile and atonement through the lives of Stafford and Agnes, a wealthy couple who are living on Maui when readers first meet them. The novel\u2019s structure consists of three parts: marriage (a 24-hour period on Maui), friendship (non-linear memories) and found family. This is Patricia\u2019s first novel at the age of 71, and she talks about how her background \u2014 which includes television writing, ghostwriting, corporate communications and crisis management \u2014 informs her literary approach. She notes that she used the real-life trial of Steven Truscott from 1959 to explore themes of justice and moral choices. Our Latest \u201cBookreporter Talks To\u201d Interviews: Sadeqa Johnson:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/ED0LOkAarVE Wendy Walker:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/y-2G5AC9heU Ashley Elston:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/Yb_ig0leaQA Paula McLain:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/vKwg0G18sCA Belle Burden:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/kmlJvv037Yg Rebecca Armitage:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/xVTebMX3Bg0 Vicky Nguyen:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/ssPMpaokVp8 Brisa Carleton:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/aE2cCH4oMsk Alex DeMille:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/EstkI7Caul8 Our Latest \u201cBookaccino Live\u201d Book Group Events: Lily King: https:\/\/youtu.be\/_yo2x2ZA0B0 Allen Levi: https:\/\/youtu.be\/tELDtaqsD7g Clare Leslie Hall:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/j0j3_ScryJg Paula Hawkins:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/nxakmJRaKaY Amy Neff:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/lfHGY8VEyoA J. Courtney Sullivan:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/fE8XHj-vV40 Sign up for newsletters from Bookreporter and Reading Group Guides here: https:\/\/tbrnetwork.com\/newsletters\/ FOLLOW US on Facebook:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bookreporter Website:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.bookreporter.com Art Credit: Tom Fitzgerald Edited by Jordan Redd Productions ","author_name":"Bookreporter Talks To","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bookreporter.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40412645\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40412645"}