Monday Jun 13, 2022
Host Janeane Bernstein speaks with Robin Benoit, author of THE EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD SORORITY GIRLS
THE EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD SORORITY GIRLS As a group of eighty-something girlfriends deal with the mental decline of their sorority sister, they reconnect with their college sorority, advise their grandchildren, find new lives for themselves and continue to stay the closest of friends. Vivian, nicknamed “Button,” is an Alzheimer’s patient who adores her sorority group, Helen rediscovers love at age eighty-one, Ida’s crazy side comes out during football season and Laney is the “big sister” in charge of baking for the group. These three women consistently show up for Vivian as her mental health deteriorates — because that is what sisters do. MORE: getthefunkoutshow.kuci.org