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Ariel Lawhon, ‘The Frozen River’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (April 2024)
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Ariel Lawhon learned about Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife and healer who delivered over a thousand babies years before she wrote ‘The Frozen River.’ Lawhon remembers ‘thinking that would make an incredible novel.’
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Ann Napolitano, ‘Hello Beautiful’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (August 2023)
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Postcards from her uncle inspired the title of Ann Napolitano’s bestseller, ‘Hello Beautiful,’ The Girlfriend Book Club’s August 2023 read. The rest was driven mainly by her ‘obsession’ with basketball history.
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Ruth Reichl, ‘The Paris Novel’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (August 2024)
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Learn about the real-life dress that inspired Ruth Reichl to write about a woman’s transformation in 1980s Paris. Her former book editor encouraged her to deep dive into her own time in Paris — the characters, the shops, the restaurants.
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Tax Break for Older Adults, AARP Urges ACA Tax Credits Restoration
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Description: For the week of January 9, 2026: Some adults 65 and older can claim an extra tax deduction, and AARP is urging Congress to restore the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
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Nikki Erlick, ‘The Measure’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (December 2022)
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‘I’m someone drawn to big questions that don’t really have answers,’ explains author Nikki Erlick, ‘Why is life so random? How much power do I have over my fate?’
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Fiona Davis, ‘The Spectacular’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (January 2024)
25:51
Fiona Davis’s eighth novel follows a narrative that moves through different time periods to explore a mystery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Clare Pooley, ‘How to Age Disgracefully’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (March 2025)
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Clare Pooley, fed up with books about sad older characters, wrote her hilarious bestseller, ‘How to Age Disgracefully.’
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Kate Quinn, ‘The Briar Club’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (October 2024)
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Intrigue, female friendship, a 1950s boarding house and actual recipes all went into bestselling author of ‘The Rose Code’ Kate Quinn’s post-pandemic book.
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Wally Lamb, ‘The River is Waiting’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (October 2025)
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Bestselling author Wally Lamb joins The Girlfriend Book Club to discuss our October 2025 book, 'The River Is Waiting', a heartbreaking story of loss, art, and the long journey to forgiveness.
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Virginia Evans, ‘The Correspondent’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (November 2025)
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Bestselling author Virginia Evans joins The Girlfriend Book Club to discuss our November pick, ‘The Correspondent,’ told entirely through letters about a life unfolding in ink.
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Why Technology Needs to Work Better for Older Adults
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At CES, AARP CEO Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan explains why tech often overlooks older adults and how AgeTech is working to close that gap.
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