{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/dd9bf09f-c85c-5b84-8fc6-ac7c8574cacc/6793f418de7c597e47949b6d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Laura Diamond, SHELTER US: A Novel","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b786f01695623d36e9514d/1737749202407-3a311e83-172e-4e0e-9570-4139de46444e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Special re-release: In support of authors who have lost their homes in the tragic LA fires, we will be resharing their podcast episodes.</p><p><br></p><p>Laura Nicole Diamond joins to discuss her 2015 bestselling novel, SHELTER US, and how it changed her life. Laura tells Zibby about jumping from working as a civil rights lawyer to being a novelist, as well as what she did to hold herself to the commitment of writing it. Laura also shares how including a Guatemalan character in the novel led her family to foster a young Guatemalan refugee seeking asylum, what she learned from her experience volunteering with the houseless community in LA, and why she’s currently working on a memoir.</p><p><br></p><p>Purchase on Bookshop: <a href=\"http://bit.ly/3x4z61b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly/3x4z61b</a></p><p><br></p><p>Share, rate, &amp; review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/zibbyowens/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@zibbyowens</a>!</p>","author_name":"Zibby Owens"}