EP #457: Rewriting the Story: A Novelist's Midlife Reinvention with Jennifer Oko

About this episode

The episode explores how writing can lead to personal reinvention, featuring author Jennifer Oko.

Today you'll discover insight into how writing a book can instigate insight into your own reinvention, especially when it's about midlife women. My guest today is Jennifer Oko. Jennifer Oko is the author of four books of fiction and nonfiction. Her memoir Lying Together: My Russian Affair was twice named an "Editor's Choice" by The New York Times Book Review. Her novels include Gloss, a satire of morning television hailed as "a rare treat" by The Chicago Tribune; Head Case, a comic mystery about psycho-pharmaceutical trafficking. Learn more: https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-457-rewriting-the-story-a-novelists-midlife-reinvention-with-jennifer-oko/

People in this episode

Host: Suzy Rosenstein

Guest: Jennifer Oko

Topics covered

• midlife reinvention
• writing
• fiction
• nonfiction
• women's stories
• personal growth

Keywords

• midlife
• reinvention
• writing
• novelist
• memoir
• fiction
• women

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune

Books & works: Lying Together: My Russian Affair, Gloss, Head Case

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