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Sheryl Sandberg; Eva Schloss; 50s dating

Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook on 'leaning in' and 'being nice' to make it to the top. Anne Frank's step-sister Eva Schloss talks about surviving Auschwitz. Online dating in your 50s.

Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook talks about "leaning in" to get on at work and why women have to be nice to make it to the top. Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's step-sister talks about surviving Auschwitz and finally deciding to tell people about her experience. Dating in your 50s - how different is it to finding a partner in your 20s? Writer Charlotte Cory and agony aunt Susan Quilliam discuss. Gardening historian Twigs Way visits Warley Place in Essex to explain the importance of the overlooked contributions to herbaceous planting of Helen Willmott.

Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Steven Williams.

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58 minutes

Chapters

  • Sheryl Sandberg

    Jenni chats to Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

    Duration: 13:59

  • Eva Schloss

    Anne Frank's stepsister discusses her new memoir with Jenni

    Duration: 10:13

  • Ellen Wilmott

    A profile of gardener Ellen Willmott, who's had over 60 plants named after her or her home

    Duration: 09:02

  • Online Dating for Over 50s

    A discussion about the issues facing fifty-somethings negotiating the dating scene

    Duration: 08:46

Sheryl Sandberg - COO of Facebook

鈥淭he blunt truth is that men still run the world鈥 says Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. Her book 鈥楲ean In, Women, Work and the Will to Lead鈥, was written to inspire women to believe in themselves, to be ambitious and to create the lives they want. She tells Jenni how women can practically achieve this and why she believes more female voices at the highest level will expand opportunities for ALL women.

Sheryl Sandberg - Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead is听published by WH Allen / Random House

Eva Schloss

Anne Frank鈥檚 stepsister, Eva Schloss, was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday and sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depended on endless strokes of luck, her own determination and the love and protection of her mother Fritzi, who was deported with her. She discusses with Jenni听her new memoir After Auschwitz: A Story of Heartbreak and Survival.

After Auschwitz: A Story of Heartbreak and Survival is published by Hodder.

Ellen Willmott

There are lots of female gardeners whose talents remain hidden in gardening history.听In the first of a series we turn to Ellen Willmott. She was born in 1858 and was a contemporary of Gertrude Jekyll. She's had more than 60 plants named after her or her home, Warley Place, near Brentwood in Essex. Merilyn Harris has been to Warley Place to speak to the garden historian, Twigs Way.

Online dating for the over 50鈥檚

After divorcing her husband of 20 years, writer found herself alone at 51 . After taking a chance on internet dating, she eventually met and married her husband. 听Her new 91热爆 Radio 4 comic drama , draws on the perils of internet dating for 50 something singletons. She is also听founder of the dating website. She's joined by ,听a psychologist, writer and relationship expert who is about to launch a website offering free advice for people who want to go internet dating.

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Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Steve Williams

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  • Thu 18 Apr 2013 10:00

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