OurShelves: Midlife reckoning with Dana Spiotta

George Saunders calls Dana Spiotta a ‘great American writer’. It’s true - but why does it feel so surprising to hear a woman given that accolade. Join Lucy Scholes as she meets the award-winning author of&nbsp;<em>Wayward</em>&nbsp;and four other novels, celebrating the rare joy and complexity of midlife characters, from the accused widow in&nbsp;<em>Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch</em>&nbsp;by Rivka Galchen to Olivia Colman’s haunting performance in ‘The Lost Daughter’. Together they ask: Why is this moment in life so disturbing and so powerful, and what can we learn from confronting it?<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>