10/23/2026
We're delighted to share Meghan Cox Gurdon's interview on Totally Booked with Zibby Owens, celebrating the release of her new book, Free Range Girl, now available wherever books are sold.
On the podcast today: Meghan Cox Gurdon! ๐ง๐โจ
Wall Street Journal journalist Meghan Cox Gurdon talked to Zibby about her memoir, FREE RANGE GIRL, which focuses on the year that twelve-year-old Meghan spent with her father in rural Maine in 1976.
Meghan shares how her life shifted from conventional (with her mother) to highly unconventional on a homestead with her father and how memoir writing helped her make sense of her life and unearth memories.
She and Zibby also talked extensively about the role of books. Meghan went from being a โgreedy readerโ as a kid to reading aloud to her five children and eventually covering childrenโs books.