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Jojo Moyes: 'Chick lit' is a misogynist label for my books

From Saturday Morning, 10:05 am today
Jojo Moyes next to the book cover for her new book 'We All Live Here'

Photo: Penguin Books Ltd & Claudia Janke

Journalist turned number one New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter, Jojo Moyes, is back with a new book. We All Live Here tells of 42 year old Lila, a divorcee managing a crumbling house, wayward children and her long-lost father's unexpected return. 

It's described as a realistic and hugely funny observation of middle age.

Moyes speaks with Susie Ferguson about the importance of middle-aged women seeing themselves in literature and films, and keeping on keeping on - even after her first three books were rejected.

 

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