A moving collection of poetry about navigating mid-life, full of humour and wit, from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor. This debut poetry collection from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor is both an intimate deep dive and a humorous...
Middle-aged women
- Author:Doctor, FarzanaSummary:
- Author:MacIntyre, LindenSummary:
Effie has had her fair share of lovers and husbands, including the Gillis cousins, who have been a source of as much guilt as joy. But she's more or less given up on being swept away by love, until, in a chance encounter, she meets...
- Author:Perrotta, TomSummary:
Tracy Flick is back and, once again, the iconic protagonist of Tom Perrotta's Election-- and Reese Witherspoon's character from the classic movie adaptation--is determined to take high school politics by storm. Tracy Flick is...
- Author:Nolan, YvetteSummary:
Forced to rely upon traditional wisdom for their survival, Elena and Bern retreat from the remains of civilization to a freezing, desolate landscape where they attempt to continue their lives after the end of the world. When a...
- Author:Nolan, YvetteSummary:
Forced to rely upon traditional wisdom for their survival, Elena and Bern retreat from the remains of civilization to a freezing, desolate landscape where they attempt to continue their lives after the end of the world. When a...
- Author:Shipman, ViolaSummary:
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Summer Cottage "A beautifully written story about second chances. Fans of women's fiction won't be able to put this down." -Publishers Weekly The forecast is calling for a...
- Author:STEEL, DanielleSummary:
Three women who were inseparable during their college years meet again after 20 years at a ranch in Wyoming to find courage, healing and truth as they reach out to one another and rekindle old relationships.
- Author:Cowley Heller, MirandaSummary:
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE PAPER PALACE IS: "Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?"- Parade. "A deeply emotional love story - the...
- Author:Marston, MissySummary:
The Love Monster is the tall tale of one woman’s struggle with mid-life issues. The main character, Margaret H. Atwood, has psoriasis, a boring job and a bad attitude. Her cheating husband has left her. And none of her pants fit any...
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
New York Times best-selling author Robyn Carr is beloved for her charming, romantic fiction. In this touching work, four women-all writers-come together after a painful loss. Recently deceased Gabby Marshall leaves behind a letter...
- Author:Battle, LoisSummary:
After discovering that her husband has lost all of their money and left her broke, Bonnie Duke Cullman is abandoning her comfortable life in Atlanta to teach at a community college in rural Alabama. Ruth Elkin just lost her sewing job...
- Author:Rinehart, Mary RobertsSummary:
Rachel Innes, a middle-aged spinster, has barely settled in at the country house she has rented for the summer when a series of bizarre and violent events threaten to perturb her normally unflappable nature. Before this spine-tingling...
- Author:Moriarty, LauraSummary:
Only a few years before becoming a famous actress and icon, fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks heads to New York to make it big, accompanied by a chaperone who is neither mother nor friend. Ultimately, the time they spend together changes...
- Author:Miller, KirstenSummary:
In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered abandoned on the beach, they take matters into...
- Author:Weiner, JenniferSummary:
Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter is rebelling, her husband can be...
- Author:Corrigan, KellySummary:
Tell Me More is a funny, wise and insightful exploration of seven sentences adult life requires. With Kelly's signature candor and good will, each chapter draws from her sometimes ridiculous, sometimes profound struggles with...
- Author:Halpern, SueSummary:
From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern's novel is an unforgettable tale of family...the kind you come from and the kind you create. People are drawn to libraries...
- Author:Moyes, JojoSummary:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Very few authors have the power to make you laugh on one page and cry on the next. Moyes is one of them." - The New York Times A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second...
- Author:Gaston, BillSummary:
Sans donner d’explications, Evelyn quitte précipitamment son mari et sa riche résidence en banlieue de Toronto pour se rendre sur la côte ouest au chevet de Claude, son ex-amant québécois qu’elle n’a plus revu depuis des années. Claude...
- Author:Bennett, AlanSummary:
The Shielding of Mrs Forbes Graham Forbes is a disappointment to his mother who thinks that if he must have a wife, he should have done better. And her own husband would be better if she were mourning him than living with him.