my first guest tonight is new york times best selling author ashley c ford. alk about her new memoir about her childhood and the trauma of growing up with an incarcerated parent. ashley c ford, welcome to the daily social distancing show. >> thank you so much for having me. it's my pleasure. >> you are so many people's favorite writer. some people know from you twitter but now many more people know you from your book that is a new york times best seller. somebody's daughter. and it is not just new york times best seller but new york times best seller that has a really prominent fan by the name of oprah winfrey. what is more impressive? being pub will bed and being a new york times best seller or having oprah as a fan of the book. >> oh, you trying to get me in trouble. >> honestly, let's talk about just personally, okay. i knew who oprah was before i knew what "the new york times" was. >> okay. >> and so got to say in my heart it means a lot that oprah is on board. >> i can imagine. i mean i understand why everybody is on board. you have the story where you sh