columns and your fictions and in your book. i wrote a column for the new york times about raising my kids about life in the 30s. over the years women would say to me over and over again, are we ever going to have life in the 40s, or life in the 50s. i suppose this book in some ways is an answer to that. i ll turn 60 in a couple of months. it seemed like an ideal time to look back on how we ve all changed, but from a personal point of view. there s been such debate this campaign season about women, women s health issues and, of course, the unintentional debate sparked over women s work in raising a family at home, outside of the home, the combination, can we have it all? the questions that we all asked in my era. how do you address that? share with us some of the thoughts this your book. first of all, i m so struck by how much the world has changed just by watching the program today.