Jodi Picoult on "Hollow Bones," Her 30th Novel, Postpartum Psychosis & the Stories We’re Afraid to Tell

Shelf Care Society by @Brian.Reads · Sep 16, 2026 · 41m

Jodi Picoult has spent more than three decades writing directly into some of the most complicated questions of our time. In this episode of Shelf Care Society, Brian sits down with the #1 New York Times bestselling author to discuss her 30th novel, "Hollow Bones," a haunting, deeply researched story set against the legacy of September 11 and arriving September 15.

Jodi shares the anonymous PostSecret confession that sparked the novel, why she became fascinated by the question of someone using 9/11 to disappear, and how correspondence with an incarcerated mother led her to research postpartum…