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.
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Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
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 Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
A midlife fiction book recommendation
When I read a novel, I want to learn something about life, especially in the second half.
[Read more…]An Amazing, Heartfelt Memory
Revisiting a memory of happy summers in North Dakota.
When traveling home with my siblings for Mom’s funeral in Dickinson, ND recently, we visited Grandma’s old neighborhood, and I got a stunning surprise.
[Read more…]Changing the Way We Think About Age
RIP Las Vegas
I can’t do a blog post today. My little essays are meaningless in the face of such tragedy. I feel despair about the carnage, and about the possibility of it ever getting better. But if we didn’t learn anything from seeing twenty 6-year-olds being slaughtered, if we weren’t moved by a President’s tears, there’s no hope for us.
So I’m spending my time praying and hugging my family. I’m sorry I’m such a downer. I’m sure by next week, like the rest of the nation, I will have forgotten, mostly. And continue whistling past the graveyard, hoping it never happens to us personally.
Please say something. I’d appreciate it.
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