Calling Invisible Women is a delightfully funny novel packing a clever punch, from the author of the New York Times bestselling Julie and Romeo
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Bestselling author Jeanne Ray shares recommended reading, including children’s books and books that informed her novel Calling Invisible Women
“I started reading very early with Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames,” says Jeanne Ray, author of Calling Invisible Women. “As I matured, I liked biographies of famous women, and I still enjoy gossipy memoirs by local famous women. I loved Diana Athill’s memoir, Somewhere Towards the End, and Carolyn G. Heilbrun’s The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty. I’ve read everything about and by the Mitford sisters.” Discover more of this bestselling author’s favorite reads!
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“I saw a magazine cover that stated, ‘SEX, BEAUTY, HEALTH AT 30, 40, 50.’ It flew all over me. I had all those things and more, and I was 60.”
“Now that’s old news,” says Jeanne Ray, bestselling author of Julie and Romeo and Calling Invisible Women. “But then I was shocked and angry. Angry enough to write a novel about attractive, passionate people who fall in love over sixty.
I had read Romeo and Juliet somewhere along the way, and I read it again. It seemed to me to be the perfect plot for a story about two older people who fall in love despite a history of family hatred and the flack they have to endure from former spouses, parents, children, and grandchildren.”
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Fans of the bestselling novel Julie and Romeo and anyone looking for a delightfully funny novel with a clever punch: add Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray to your TBR list! Jeanne Ray satirizes the ups and down of family and friendship in middle age with great wit and charm. Her strong, funny, smart female characters will keep you laughing and turning the pages. A perfect way to ease into your summer reading!
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