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All the Aunts in the novel, written in Berlin in 1984, were “named after products aimed at women.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

Gyllenhaal will continue to explore family dynamics next year with his first book, a children's story called "The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles," co-written with his friend Greta Caruso.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2022

Aunts and cousins assemble for a memorial in the backyard of Minton’s restaurant, beneath a magnificent mural outlining the history of Black hospitality.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2022

Aunts have come a long way since the single, eccentric aunt played for sad laughs like Aunt Gladys in 1995's "Home for the Holidays," who confesses a teenage kiss before slurping wine.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2021

Two of the Aunts came out of the building, with the guard.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood