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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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Family secrets shape our lives before we even know they exist, as Carmen Rita Wong reveals in her memoir “Why Didn’t You Tell Me?” 

After learning at age 31 that her Chinese father wasn’t her biological parent, Carmen set off
NEW BOOK ALERT

Brooke Shields (like all of us) is aging and she has no plans to do it quietly!

And lucky us —she is taking the rest of us along for the ride. 

Loved seeing this absolute legend in conversation with @samskey7 this week at a bo
✨NEW YEAR / NEW EPISODE ✨ 

Bestselling author CLAIRE LOMBARDO knows drama lurks behind every family’s closed doors. 

📕 Join host Katie Fogarty for an engaging dive into Lombardo’s latest novel “SAME AS IT EVER WAS,” which d
Hey Booklovers!

We have 35O more days of 2025. 

Still time to update your TBR pile with one of these six recommended reads by author guests on @themidlifebookclub!

From smart romcom to can’t put down futurist non-fiction on how humanity and
What happens when we look back at our coming-of-age stories from the vantage point of midlife? 

Bestselling author Joanna Rakoff (My Salinger Year, A Fortunate Age) joins host Katie Fogarty to explore how we define and find our way in the world thro