When you reach a certain age, you can feel as though you're forgotten, whether that's because you've suddenly reached the age of grandmothers in books who sit and knit while adoring their grandchildren, or because you are no longer seen as anything but the extension of the family unit. Aged to Perfection, the debut novel by author Niloufar Lamakan, is one of a recent batch of romantic comedy novels that turns this preconception on its head. With a leading lady in her early 60s who wants to go out and enjoy life - and by that I don't mean sitting on her deck with a sherry as people bring her a birthday cake that could set a house on fire...Sophia has a goal: 52 dates in 52 weeks. She's in her new romantic era.

Join me today as I talk with Niloufar about Aged to Perfection, the preconceived belief that women in their 60s are old and past it, and why she wrote this novel.

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