Edel Coffey: Age only defines us if we let it

Because I published a debut novel when I was over 40, I am often asked about being a ‘late starter’ or finding success ‘late in life'

Clinical psychologist, professor and author Edith Eger poses during an interview with AFP on May 7, 2019, in Lausanne. Pic: Richard Juillart

I find myself writing about age quite a lot in this column, not because I am obsessed with age or ageing, but mostly because it is a subject that people regularly bring up with me.

For the most part, I live in a blissful world of denial about my own age.