{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6927a48ecaf6efa703dbae9e/6aceb70a29b9fbfbe274b3b6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mary Beth Keane, Whale Harbor","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6927a48ecaf6efa703dbae9e/1791922465307-eb0ae334-9e42-4c4d-b211-48cfc9a35190.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author <strong>Mary Beth Keane</strong> (<em>Ask Again, Yes</em>) joins Jason to talk about her newest novel, <em>Whale Harbor</em>. They get into how the book echoes her own family, the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to her, and the surprising freedom of discovering that the worst thing that could happen might not be so bad after all.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Whale Harbor</em> is Good Morning America&#39;s November 2026 Book Club pick. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mary Beth Keane</strong> is the author of five novels, including the <em>New York Times </em>bestseller <em>Ask Again, Yes</em>. She was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction writing and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. Born in the Bronx to parents from the west of Ireland, she lives in New York with her husband and two sons.</p>","author_name":"Jason Blitman"}