SWR talks to Ilana Stanger-Ross. Listen in and win!

Enjoyed talking to author Ilana Stanger-Ross yesterday morning about her acclaimed first novel, Sima’s Undergarments for Women.

(Note: The first three people who tune in to the interview and leave a comment on this post will receive a free copy. Everybody else, head for your favorite independent bookstore or Amazon.com.)

If you’re an aspiring author or an aspiring anything, yearning for clues to how other people achieve lofty dreams, you’ll want to listen in. Ilana tells us how she managed to realize her goal of writing and selling a novel while pursuing another passion, women’s health (this tireless woman is currently a student midwife on the University of British Columbia faculty of medicine).

Oh, and we talk about that novel of hers, which blew me away with its honesty and insight. Entertainment Weekly liked it, too:

Despite the excitement of owning her own lingerie business, Sima’s childless life seems an empty shell — until an Israeli woman named Timna walks into her Brooklyn shop and becomes the daughter (and seamstress) she never had. Timna soon becomes an object of obsession for Sima, who tries to control the love life of her new employee as she reflects on her own. Sima’s Undergarments for Women’s conclusion is frustrating — you’ll wait for a juicy revelation about Timna that never arrives — but no matter. In Sima, Ilana Stanger-Ross has created one of the most painfully realistic characters in recent memory, making Women more delicate and refined than the silkiest of nighties. A–” –Entertainment Weekly

 Listen to the podcast below or downolad from the Single Women Rule store on iTunes.