{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66f706c02750688fd03c72b5/6a61866322500f7120e6f943?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E71: Second Chance Romance - Why Readers Love Love Stories About Trying Again","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66f706c02750688fd03c72b5/1784775625177-48089b7a-1b1d-46f6-90ff-c7380f1cf864.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>Go forth and live your best trope!</em></p><p><br></p><p>Adrie and Stitch sit down with Maggie North, Canadian author and anesthesiologist, to discuss her latest novel <em>Fossil Feud</em> — an <em>almost</em> second-chance, contemporary romance set against the world of citizen science and paleontology. They talk about the science and history baked into the book, why romance deserves more credit as an intellectual pursuit, what it means to write a protagonist who weaponizes her own rules to avoid being hurt again, and how a discipline built on unearthing the past became the perfect metaphor for love, grief, and the people we're always becoming.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Fossil Feud</em> comes out July 28, 2026!</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Topics:</strong> Maggie North, Fossil Feud, second chance romance, STEM, paleontology, Bone Wars, women's anger, complex female characters, heteropessimism, arrival fallacy, Jurassic Park</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Reading Recommendations:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Fiction:</strong></p><ul><li>Fossil Feud by Maggie North</li><li>Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell</li><li>August Lane by Regina Black</li><li>Will They or Won’t They by Ava Wilder</li><li>Scot &amp; Bothered by Alexandra Kiley</li><li><a href=\"https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/mistakenly-saving-the-villain/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mistakenly Saving the Villain</a></li><li><a href=\"https://tapas.io/series/a-world-without-you/info\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A World Without You</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Non-Fiction:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.the-scientist.com/losing-gus-the-cost-of-commercial-dinosaur-auctions-74767\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Losing Gus: The Cost of Commercial Dinosaur Actions</a> by Kristi Curry Rogers</li><li>Bittersweet by Susan Kane</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Podcasts:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://historythisweekpodcast.substack.com/p/the-bone-wars\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Bone Wars | History This Week</a></li><li><a href=\"https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2019/08/12/episode-132-paleontological-frauds/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Paleontological Frauds | Strange Animals</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwtM7wHbOGg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Himalayan Golmaal | The Rearview Podcast</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow &amp; Support:</strong></p><p>Follow us on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pagesandprejudicepod?igsh=YnlpbGRvYjdzNTg5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>.</p><p>Send inquiries to <a href=\"mailto:pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pagesandprejudicepod@gmail.com</a>.</p><p>Buy merch on <a href=\"https://pagesandprejudice.threadless.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Threadless</a> to support the show!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Hosted by:</strong></p><p>adrie rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, &amp; tiktok)</p><p>Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.maggienorth.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie North</a> writes deeply emotional, strangely hilarious romance novels about introverts, STEM, Canada, and other overlooked, underappreciated things you’d love to discover. A doctor by day, author by night, she lives in Ottawa, Canada with the man she met in ninth grade, their kid, and a rotating cast of hypoallergenic aquarium friends. Maggie enjoys being autistic a lot more since her diagnosis as an adult. Her books include RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, and FOSSIL FEUD.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Music: </strong><a href=\"https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/holy-moly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠</strong></a><strong> by Shane Ivers</strong></p>","author_name":"Adrie Rose, Stitch"}