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Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Lauren Elkin, writer of “Scaffolding”, her first novel published by Chatto & Windus in 2024 which raises questions about marriage, fidelity and abortion. Through this conversation with Erica Wagner, Lauren Elkin discusses her writing process and the influence of her experience as a researcher on her work as a novelist. Together, they also talk about Paris, the city where the story takes place and where Lauren Elkin lived for many years, the feminist movements that inspired her as well as her conception of love.As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi.Lauren Elkin, Scaffolding © Lauren Elkin, 2024.Excerpt from Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin. Copyright © 2024 by Lauren Elkin. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. All Rights R