An Unfinished Story

"I always kept writing": A Midlife Author interview with Sharon Kurtzman

If there’s a story burning inside you, there’ s no time like the present, and it’s never too late.

Nov 2 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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October 2025

More beautiful novels... with over-50 main characters

And your suggestions!

Oct 11 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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30

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September 2025

The summer I turned 60 and got breast cancer...and the book list it led to

Hello, friends.

Sep 21 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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August 2025

(Late) summer reading: The 2025 list

It happens every year: By the time I surrender to summer and its heat and humidity, it’s already August.

Aug 17 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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July 2025

Grief, love, and friendship on the Carolina coast: Midlife Author interview with Heather Frese

At midlife, we really, truly don't care what other people think.

Jul 27 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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5

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Out of the Gilded Age and into the Garden: Beatrix Farrand

"No one ever starts gardening either too late or too early, once it gets into one’s blood it can never get out (like some insidious poison)."

Jul 6 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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10

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June 2025

A garden report and tour

For it was the middle of June…

Jun 15 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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14

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Leaving my home country behind to find myself: A Midlife Author interview with Linda Murphy Marshall

Plus a giveaway!

Jun 1 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

14

6

2

May 2025

Like a character out of a Wharton novel: Isabella Stewart Gardner

Hi friends, and Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.

May 11 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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18

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April 2025

Gustave Caillebotte: the Unknown Impressionist

And a little mystery about the women in his life

Apr 27 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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Publishing is persistence: A Midlife Author interview with Jane Healey

I don’t think it’s ever too late.

Apr 6 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

15

5

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March 2025

Comfort reads for right now

An idiosyncratic list, with guest picks from Marjorie Dybec

Mar 23 • 

Sarah McCraw Crow

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