Novelist Katherine Heiny on marrying a spy, perimenopause & empty nest blues
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Book club special: Lorraine and Trish meet Katherine Heiny, one of their favourite authors, to talk about the inspiration behind her new book of funny and insightful short stories every midlife woman will relate to - from marriage to Marie Kondo, ageing parents and wayward teens. She also chats about her own love story, adapting to an empty nest and the crime stories she can’t get enough of. Plus: genius ideas for solo travel, girls getaways and special celebrations with Sawdays Travel Check out our dedicated midlife travel hub here
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| 0:00.0 | Now, young Trish, imagine if you had, for the first time ever in your working life, a |
| 0:14.3 | bit of a summer off due to a fluke of being between jobs, and you could potter about |
| 0:19.3 | and do anything. |
| 0:21.7 | This is my husband's situation, Mr. Candy, between jobs. |
| 0:25.8 | Oh, lucky, lucky James, yes. |
| 0:28.4 | I've got a bit of time. |
| 0:29.4 | I said to him, don't just do chores. |
| 0:31.9 | Think of something exciting and wonderful to do, broaden your mind, go and have some fun. |
| 0:37.1 | Do you know what he did that very minute? |
| 0:39.6 | It's not to do with cars, it's not to do with, I can't think, go on, it's going to be |
| 0:43.6 | something silly. |
| 0:44.6 | Straight into the shed. |
| 0:46.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:47.2 | Power washer. |
| 0:48.2 | Straight onto the street. |
| 0:50.9 | Power wash the car. |
| 0:51.9 | Yes. |
| 0:52.9 | Yes. |
| 0:53.9 | Then, power wash the pavement in front of the house. |
| 0:56.7 | Yes. |
| 0:57.8 | The patio, front of the house, blasting the snails across the, oh my goodness, no, imagine |
| 1:03.8 | if I said that to you, would you have gone into your little shed and got your power |
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