In this episode I talk to the engaging London-based Clare Pooley about her latest novel, How to Age Disgracefully. This is Clare’s 4th book, her first was a brave and honest memoir called The Sober Diaries about the year Clare gave up drinking. It was an extension of her hugely successful blog, Mummy Was a Secret Drinker. Clare has given up that addiction for another much healthier one, writing. Her first novel, The Authenticity Project was an instant hit, as have been the two that followed. Clare is a terrific writer who can think up eccentric, believable, loveable characters who somehow come together in hilarious, healing ways.  In this Q&A we touch on what inspired Clare to write How to Age Disgracefully – she was tired of seeing old people being portrayed on TV as sad and lonely. We also discuss other life challenges that her novel touches on in a funny but poignant way… menopause, empty nest, and philandering husbands. 

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