What Old Broads Know: Musings on life, grief, joy, and growing older (but not up)

By Patricia Hack

What Old Broads Know is a warm, witty, and deeply human collection of reflections on aging, love, loss, family and the courage it takes to keep living fully when life changes everything.

With humour, honestly and hard-earned wisdom, Patricia Hack writes about marriage, widowhood, friendship, motherhood, travel, memory, and the small moments that shape who we become.

These essays explore the beauty and the ache of growing older, the resilience found in community, and the quiet strength that comes from learning to let go while still holding life close. Along the way, readers may find themselves wiping away a tear one minute and laughing out loud the next.

Written in conversational, compassionate voice, this book will resonate with readers who are navigating the later stages of life, facing grief, celebrating long relationships, and discovering that meaning, laughter and connection do not diminish with age; they deepen.

What Old Broads Know is both a comfort and a companion, reminding us that while time changes everything. It also teaches us what matters most.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1069609803
• ISBN13: 9781069609809
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Heart Press Canada
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"