Reading Try One Bite with a group? Use these discussion questions to guide the conversation.

Karen may be skeptical about advice (chapter 17), but she believes, devoutly, in conversation. Try One Bite tells a story that raises a lot of questions, as she searches for answers and the occasional laugh. Her questions are meant to get your book club started, but you'll have questions, and answers, of your own. Share some of them here, and we can expand the circle.   

1. If you could change one age-related misconception about you, what would it be?
2. The author's ex-husband was unfaithful in a way that shook her family and her sense of self. What can we learn about emotional recovery from this book – and if you have endured any kind of upheaval, what worked for you?
3. Lots of Try One Bite is funny, in spite of everything. How does laughter – and a little healthy outrage –
4. help fuel the next act?The author took a trip alone, but it involved some anxiety and second-guessing. How do you deal with your inner 'worry' voice when you want to do something that seems risky?
5. Many women over 60 rewrote our identities in our twenties, when the women's movement got us thinking about who we were – only to find that we have to do it again now that we're older. How do you feel about that?
6. If you could talk to your 21-year-old self, knowing what you know now, what would you tell her?
7. What three things matter most to you at this point in your life, and how do you pursue and protect them?
8. Divorce has tripled among women over 65 (and doubled over 50) even though women are likely to live longer and be less financially secure, and it's often the wife's choice. If you're one of them, or if you know one – what do you think is driving the trend?
9. Statistics say that older men want to date younger women. If you could get them to listen to you, what would you tell them? And lately there's a trend of younger men seeking the company of older woman – what do you think that's about?
10. No matter how old you are, have you faced a time when you had to re-evaluate your life? Whom – and what – did you turn to for support and help?
11. Is there any hidden advantage to being an invisible older woman? Some people are relieved no longer to be under constant scrutiny; others resent the lack of attention. Do people hear you, and how much do you care?
12. American women spend billions on our appearance, starting in our teens. What matters most to you about your appearance these days, and how has that changed over time?
13. The traditional narrative rests on a long marriage, children, and grandchildren, but he birth rate's down, in addition to the divorce rate being up. More women are going to find the empty nest a long-term proposition, not a transition. How do you fill your nest, whatever your family situation?