groove because you don't grow. what used to satisfy you, the job or relationship, or the place where you are living or the fact that you are just making money but not doing any social good, those new urgencies when they come in and what happened when the book came out, is a lot of men, but a lot of women changed their life lives. they didn't have to sit in the spot of the good wife. there were other aspects of their life that needed to be put into play to feel howhole. i get the comment i grow up with you so often. i did 4-5 other passage books for men, new passages, silent passage about menopause and

after writing about caregiving and taking care of a loved one who is not going to turn into an independent person and in my case it was 17 years of taking care of clay with various bouts of cancer and i asked everybody i anyhow and thousands i don't know about their patches and maybe it is time to turn it on myself. i sat down to write this and i didn't know how. i realize this is a whole different genre. it isn't the same as journalism, or non-fiction or research books. it is about real people. i studied with roger who teaches at stony brook south hampton. i studied with him twice. this is like writing a involve except it is about real people and real events and you are the

character and many other characters and you have to separate from yourself and write yourself as a character. was >> was that tough? >> but it was fascinating because it was a new way to express myself. learning something new always turns me on. >> you write in daring that you were a late blooming problem drinker? >> yes, i was. >> might surprise some people. >> because of the takeing care f my husband, not being able to work often, and i began walking from the nursing home and stopping in a sports bar and having 2-3 glasses of wine until i realized i was turning into the alcoholic my mother had been and i was always afraid that could happen.

so that led me into a 12-step program that is very valuable in my life. >> you don't drink at all today? >> no. happily. >> gale sheehy, as somebody who has been a woman journalist for years, what is your take on the jill jill abraham sichation? >> i think there is sexism here. i don't remember being marched off and denouncing he has has been fired. that doesn't happen often. it is usually for something criminal or alcoholism or something like that.

and because jill said that there haven't been editors like this before. ann rosenthol was material and i think that jill made an effort. she was tough to work for. she is a tough journalist that is natural. >> was tina brown tough to work for? >> not to me. i loved tina and i had a wonderful time working for her. she started in vanity fair in 1984 and invited me to be her political correspondant.

she didn't know about american politics but learned quickly. i covered the presidential characters and write long pieces that no longer you can write anymore. we had a wonderful run. and then when she started the daily beast i was one of her first columnnist. we got so comfortable with doing big pieces of world leaders that one time she called me and said i want you to do the pope. and i said i am not catholic. we are going beyond our fold. and she said i would rather do me menopause and i just see her eyes rolling around in her head because she just delivered a baby. she was thinking about the end of fertility but she recognized

no body ever said that word. this was in 1991. >> so you did that piece, did you ever do the pope? >> no. >> where was this picture taken? >> that was taken in my first apartment in new york that was decent. it was on the upper west side. i was a divorced mom. my 3-year-old daughters looked out on the street instead of a fire escape for the first time. >> quick preview of the book that is coming out in the fall of 2014. you are watching booktv on c-span.

>> you just saw the coverage of book expo america. the tradeshowed held in new york city. for more on this, visit bo bookexpoamerica.com. >> booktv asked what are you reading this summer? >> walter isaac what is on your summer list? >> the hilary clinton book, tim geithner and i did download pickany's book and i will see how far i can get to it. but for pleasure i am going to go back and reread a couple involves that met a lot to me. especially the movie goer. >> what were you reading this summ summer? tell us what is on your summer reading list? tweet us or post it to our

facebook page or send us n e-mail. >> here is a look at some of the best-selling non fiction books. at the top of the list is thomas picket picketty. "capital" and second is "every i need to know i learned from a little golden book" and best selling authors of freak-nomics are third with think like a freak and then tom robbins book is second. and "flash boys" by michael

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