Women on The Move: Julie Orringer

Unhappy marriages. A professor with early Alzheimer’s who discovers her husband has stolen and published her manuscript. Another professor obsessed with a severely injured shelter dog.

Julie Orringer’s Luna, Phoenix, Queen weaves infidelity, plagiarism, and devastating illness across four decades and 4,000 miles in a powerful exploration of vulnerability, helplessness, and the mysteries beneath the surface of our lives.

Orringer, author of The Invisible Bridge and an award-winning short story writer, joins us to discuss her new novel.