Older women have often been sidelined, or ignored completely, in fiction, but novelists Joanne Harris and Fran Littlewood are here to correct that in conversation with psychotherapist Maxine Mei-Fung Chung. Joanne Harris’ Broken Light follows a 50-year-old whose dreams and ambitions have been forgotten by everyone, including herself, and whose childhood memories – and a hidden talent – are unlocked by a murder. Fran Littlewood’s Amazing Grace Adams takes place across a single day, following the titular character as she seeks to reconnect with her daughter and husband. Join Harris and Littlewood as they discuss how ‘women of a certain age’ are far from invisible and boring.
