That’s What Friends Are For with Wade Rouse
About this episode
Wade Rouse discusses his novel inspired by 'The Golden Girls' and explores themes of friendship and discrimination.
Bestselling memoirist Wade Rouse shares about his first novel, That’s What Friends Are For, inspired by “The Golden Girls.” In crafting humorous story lines about four gay friends in later life, Wade explores complex issues ranging from prejudice and discrimination to loyalty and love. We spoke about the book live at Zibby’s Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Zibby Owens
Guest: Wade Rouse
Topics covered
- memoir
- friendship
- LGBTQ+
- prejudice
- discrimination
- love
Keywords
- Wade Rouse
- That’s What Friends Are For
- The Golden Girls
- memoir
- LGBTQ+
- friendship
- discrimination
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: That’s What Friends Are For, The Golden Girls
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