Do you feel as though you are about to explode with ALL THE THINGS? Ageing parents, health, money, a social life, trying to stay hydrated, sober and sane, and sleep for more than 45 minutes? Well someone else who understands the ferocity of the rush hour of life is novelist Fran Littlewood – she’s here with us today to talk about her brilliant book Amazing Grace Adams; the story of a perimenopausal woman going on a rampage. It’s a raging read, out in January and it’s already been optioned by the producers of Mare of Easttown. We talk about medical misogyny, double standards and what happens when women start saying 'no thanks' and go their own way...

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