My Author Talk follows the format that the Heliconian Club in Toronto asks all invited writers to give. That is: tell the audience of readers what inspired you to write the novel and what research you did. This has proven very successful as readers are interested in the story behind the story. My novel, The Age of Privilege, has themes that appeal to those of us born just before or after the Second World War, an era I call The Age of Privilege because we benefited from a time of peace. The themes in the novel still ring true today: women’s place in the home and at work, family bonds, the environment and our health. I’ll be giving my talk again in the new year at the Unionville branch of the Markham Public Library and the Runnymede Public Library in Toronto. I welcome more opportunities to share my story with libraries and book clubs.