A family saga novel recommendation
A village in crisis is rallied by a thirteen-year-old girl in a beautifully portrayed Alaskan saga.
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On Heaven’s Hill by Kim Heacox
When I Last Saw You by Bette Lee Crosby
A midlife fiction book recommendation
A widow in her sixties sets out to learn the truth about her family of origin, while the story of her childhood is told in flashback. A richly drawn saga based in the South in 1968.
[Read more…]News of the World by Paulette Jiles
An historical midlife fiction book recommendation
A 71-year-old retired army captain in 1870, Texas, must return a 10-year-old girl, captured at age four by the Kiowa, to her relatives in San Antonio. But she’s become Kiowa. Now, as Captain Kidd travels with her, he begins to worry about what will happen at the end of her journey.
[Read more…]Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
A midlife fiction book recommendation
By the quirky author of The Accidental Tourist, a story about a midlife woman coming to understand who she is, after all these years, and being okay with it.
[Read more…]Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
A midlife fiction book recommendation
My chance conversation with a neighbor led to this gem of a midlife novel.
Well, maybe not midlife. A 70-year-old woman, grieving the loss of her husband and adult son, finds healing thanks to her unusual friend at the aquarium.
[Read more…]The Bette Davis Club by Jane Lotter
A midlife fiction book recommendation
Happy New Year! I hope you’re enjoying my midlife novel recommendations. Here’s another.
A madcap pursuit of a runaway bride leads to romance for a midlife couple.
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