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The Gap In The Doors of The Loos is Not Nearly As Nice As New York

I am very happy as an English woman living in America, and there are many things that are truly wonderful about this country (clue: but the loos aint one of them). When I moved here, having been brought up on a diet of American films and television shows, I presumed that everything in America was […]

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Jane Green tells the story of the affair she didn’t have on The Moth

Jane Green tells the story of being middle-aged, and having her head ever so slightly turned by a young, handsome author for The Moth on public radio. Will she be able to resist temptation or will she succumb, and what does her husband have to say about all of this… Spoiler alert: she didn’t have […]

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The Background of Promises to Keep; how cancer and friendship inspired this novel

Listen to the background story that inspired the novel, Promises to Keep. The New York Times bestselling author wrote this momentous novel about a family coming together in the hardest of times for one unforgettable – and ultimately life-changing – year. Inspired by Jane Green’s real life and taking care of one of her best […]

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A Bestselling Chick Lit Author Drives What?

Just how swanky is the world of bestselling chick lit author, Jane Green? This bestselling chick lit author has been driving a big old truck for over ten years, and it wasn’t new when I bought it. It is a Land Cruiser, which is the truck the Peace Corps drive all over Africa, because they […]

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Getting ready for Tom Perrotta as the first Jane Green Book Club Pick…

Two more days to go until Tom Perrotta, author of Mrs Fletcher, joins the Jane Green Book Club for its inaugural book! Tom Perrotta Joins The Jane Green Book Club! Don’t forget, Tom Perrotta​ will be live on this facebook page: www.facebook.com/janegreenbookclub on Thursday November 16th at 8pm, EST, and you will be able to […]

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Jane Green Book Club Launches in Westport, CT!

We have officially kicked off the Jane Green Book Club with a party (and lots of wine!). Eighty women gathered together in Parker Mansion, in my home town of Westport, Connecticut, to toast this exciting new venture. So why start a nationwide virtual book club? Because wherever we live, I think we are all going […]

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Lashes

I was in the hairdresser recently when a buzz of excitement went around the room. There was a woman in there who had false eyelashes, that were magnetic. We all huddled around her chair as she demonstrated how these eyelashes worked – tiny magnets were attached, and she snapped them above and below her eyelash. […]

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Behaving Badly

I am beginning to realize that this column is becoming something of a confessional for me. Whenever I behave badly, I find myself writing it down without thinking too much about it. I now think perhaps my column ought to be renamed something along the lines of “Misadventures of a Menopausal Woman.” This week, I […]

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Kitchen Love

Last week I got back from a college tour in California, and walked into my kitchen, having completely forgotten that we had renovated. Somehow the old kitchen with its ugly tile floor and falling-off cabinets had implanted itself in my head, and I walked in, momentarily delighted to see my kitchen again. A couple of […]

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Beloved

I have long said that the single most important factor for a loving relationship is kindness; putting your spouse before yourself, making sure that their comfort and happiness is of paramount importance. Most of the time I am very good at looking after my spouse and being kind to him. And some of the time […]

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