Episode 145: Keeping the Moon

Keeping the Moon

For only the second time, SSR is taking on the Sarah Dessen universe on Episode 145, this time in a conversation about Keeping the Moon. Tune in to hear Alli and her guest discuss the 2019 Sarah Dessen controversy, their complicated feelings about main character Colie’s arc in Keeping the Moon, the fictional love interests that ruined them as teens, the makeover trope that took over pop culture in the ‘90s, and the way this book depicts appearances and body image.

Lily Herman is a writer, editor, and digital strategist who also co-hosts Bad Bitch Book Club’s Friends to Lovers podcast with Mackenzie Newcomb. Lily is currently the writer and TikToker for Yahoo’s brand The Yodel and a culture writer at Bustle. Follow Lily on Twitter (@lkherman) and Instagram (@lilykherman).

LISTEN TO OUR EPISODE ABOUT SARAH DESSEN’S THIS LULLABY HERE!

LISTEN TO LILY’S PODCAST FRIENDS TO LOVERS HERE! (we talk about the first episode of season two, specifically)

LISTEN TO LILY’S FRIENDS TO LOVERS CO-HOST ON SSR HERE!

LISTEN TO THE BE THERE IN FIVE RACHEL HOLLIS SERIES HERE, HERE, AND HERE!

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MORE READING:

“Famous Authors Drag Student in Surreal YA Twitter Controversy” (Vulture, 2019)

“War of words breaks out after YA novelist’s fans go after critical reader” (The Guardian, 2019)

“Keeping the Moon” (Publishers Weekly, 1999)

“Keeping the Moon” (Kirkus, 1999)

“Independent Reading: Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen” (Science Leadership Academy @ Center City, 2013)

“Book Review: Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen” (Confessions of a Book Addict, 2017)

“Reread Review: Keeping the Moon” (Bookmark Lit, 2015)

“Review: Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen” (Book Binge, 2012)

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