{"id":2970,"date":"2025-12-10T11:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/?p=2970"},"modified":"2025-12-20T23:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:53:22","slug":"friends-fiction-episode-298-john-irving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/friends-fiction-episode-298-john-irving\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends &#038; Fiction: Episode 298 &#8211; John Irving"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/iUteicKqpiM&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<h2 id=\"title\" class=\"two-line-truncate style-scope ytcp-thumbnail-with-title style-scope ytcp-thumbnail-with-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">John Irving<\/h2>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">On this episode, Kristin Harmel, Patti Callahan Henry &amp; Mary Kay Andrews welcome this month\u2019s F&amp;F Featured Author, the internationally renowned, award-winning, NYT-bestselling author John Irving, to discuss our December 2025 Pick of the Month, Queen Esther, which returns us after forty years to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules. 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