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Hello and welcome to this week's Sunday Chops. Our guest this week is bestselling author Jane

Jane was married to fellow bestselling scribe Philip Kerr until his death in 2018,

and her upcoming novel Widowland is inspired by reactions to her new status as a widow.

We chat about Widowland and about why some alternative histories are closer to reality than we

might think, as well as the status of widows in the past and today. Jane also chats incredibly

openly about her experiences of losing her husband and about how it's altered her attitudes

to life, possessions and well the wisdom of choosing computer passwords. I really enjoyed this

chat and I got a lot from it and I hope that you do too. Until next time.

I'm joined by Jane Thin, novelist and broadcaster and author of upcoming book Widowland.

Thank you for joining us Jane. Great to be with you.

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