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Lidija Hilje on the Hypnotic Pull of Love, Memory and Geography in “Slanting Towards the Sea”
Katie Fogarty 8/7/25 Katie Fogarty 8/7/25

Lidija Hilje on the Hypnotic Pull of Love, Memory and Geography in “Slanting Towards the Sea”

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Debut Novelist Sarai Johnson on Being “Grown” and the Complex Wounds of Mother-Daughter Relationships
Katie Fogarty 7/1/25 Katie Fogarty 7/1/25

Debut Novelist Sarai Johnson on Being “Grown” and the Complex Wounds of Mother-Daughter Relationships

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Kirsten Miller on “The Change”—Menopause, Magic Realism, and the Superpowers of Midlife
Katie Fogarty 6/5/25 Katie Fogarty 6/5/25

Kirsten Miller on “The Change”—Menopause, Magic Realism, and the Superpowers of Midlife

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Memoirist Carmen Rita Wong on Family Secrets, Identity and a Midlife Reckoning
Katie Fogarty 3/12/25 Katie Fogarty 3/12/25

Memoirist Carmen Rita Wong on Family Secrets, Identity and a Midlife Reckoning

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Claire Lombardo Maps the Shifting Terrain of Midlife Marriage and Motherhood in Her Newest Family Saga
Katie Fogarty 1/8/25 Katie Fogarty 1/8/25

Claire Lombardo Maps the Shifting Terrain of Midlife Marriage and Motherhood in Her Newest Family Saga

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Joanna Rakoff Looks Back at her Coming-of-Age Bestsellers “My Salinger Year” and “A Fortunate Age
Katie Fogarty 12/20/24 Katie Fogarty 12/20/24

Joanna Rakoff Looks Back at her Coming-of-Age Bestsellers “My Salinger Year” and “A Fortunate Age

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Dr. Sharon Malone Writes a Prescription for Midlife Health in her NYT-bestseller “Grown Woman Talk”
Katie Fogarty 11/11/24 Katie Fogarty 11/11/24

Dr. Sharon Malone Writes a Prescription for Midlife Health in her NYT-bestseller “Grown Woman Talk”

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Chip Conley on the Upside of Aging and Learning to Love Midlife
Katie Fogarty 9/1/24 Katie Fogarty 9/1/24

Chip Conley on the Upside of Aging and Learning to Love Midlife

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Annabel Monaghan Gives Swoony Beach Books a Midlife Makeover with “Summer Romance”
Katie Fogarty 8/1/24 Katie Fogarty 8/1/24

Annabel Monaghan Gives Swoony Beach Books a Midlife Makeover with “Summer Romance”

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Catherine Newman Cracks Open Her Instant NYT-Bestseller “Sandwich”
Katie Fogarty 7/16/24 Katie Fogarty 7/16/24

Catherine Newman Cracks Open Her Instant NYT-Bestseller “Sandwich”

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What happens when unrealized potential sediments inside us “like tar or asbestos, slowly releasing its poison”? 

Croatian novelist Lidjia Hilje examines this haunting question in her hypnotic debut, SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA, a love story
What’s the last best book you picked up at a second hand shop?

Last weekend, I was wandering thrift stores in the beautiful Berkshires with my son who is a counselor at a sleepaway camp. 

He loves finding old vinyl. 

In our third or fourth s
What are you reading to make it through the week?!? LMK 👇🏻
What does it mean to be truly “grown” when we’re constantly evolving? 

Join host Katie Fogarty and novelist SARAI JOHNSON as they explore GROWN WOMEN, a gorgeous debut spanning four generations of complex Black women navigating mot
Midlifers are saying the quiet parts out loud—and we have stories that will make you laugh, cry, and feel like you’ve found your tribe.

Thrilled to contribute an essay to “Midlife Private Parts”—a series of revealing es
BOOK LOOK // THE CHANGE 📕

Can midlife be a portal to our most powerful selves? What if menopause came with superpowers? 

Join host Katie Fogarty and author KIRSTEN MILLLER as they explore “THE CHANGE,” a razor-sharp feminist revenge fa