Living in the 4th Quarter

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Living in the 4th Quarter is Jane Trombley’s Substack newsletter for women in their 70s and beyond. Trombley writes with warmth and candor about the realities of late life — health, loss, friendship, independence, and the particular freedoms and challenges of the final chapter.

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