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• How to Age Disgracefully

  Pooley, Clare

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  “Pooley weaves together the most cleverly flawed and lovable characters and then sets them free to prove that we are limitless at any age.” —Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Summer Romance

• All the Lonely People

  Gayle, Mike

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  From bestselling author Mike Gayle, All the Lonely People is by turns a funny and moving meditation on love, race, old age and friendship that will not only charm and uplift, but also remind you of the power of ordinary people to make an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?

  a Novel

  Montague, Anna

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  “This sparkling debut sends a 70-year-old therapist on a cross-country road trip with the ashes of her best friend. As she revisits the choices she’s made and the people she’s cared for, Magda’s path through grief leads to wonder.” — People

• The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

  Swann, Leonie, 1975-

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  A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of an enterprising tortoise—in this twisty, darkly funny mystery from the author of Three Bags Full.

• The Thursday Murder Club

  a Novel

  Osman, Richard, 1970-,

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  Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves. A female cop with her first big case. A brutal murder. Welcome to The Thursday Murder Club!

• The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux

  Robotham, Mandy

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  Taking the reader on a rollercoaster ride through the latter half of the 20th Century, The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux is a mesmerising story of one unforgettable woman's place in an ever-changing world.

• The Marlow Murder Club

  a Novel

  Thorogood, Robert

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  Robert Thorogood has turned the Christie-mystery on its head with this ever-so-sly cozy perfect for readers who love Richard Osmond's Thursday Murder Club and An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good.

• The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

  Jonasson, Jonas, 1961-

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  A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it’s not too late to start over …

• Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

  a Novel

  Rooney, Kathleen, 1980-,

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  A love letter to city life in all its guts and grandeur, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney paints a portrait of a remarkable woman across the canvas of a changing America: from the Jazz Age to the onset of the AIDS epidemic; the Great…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

  a Novel

  Oakley, Colleen

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  An unforgettable pairing of a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law in this story full of tremendous heart, humor, and wit.

• The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

  a Novel

  Lyons, Annie

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  Infused with the emotional power of Me Before You and the irresistible charm of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Be Frank with Me, a moving and joyous novel about an elderly woman ready to embrace death and the little girl who reminds her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  a Novel

  Johnston, Anna, 1983-

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  A zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family.

• Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story

  A Novel

  DeFino, Terri-Lynne

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  An utterly delightful and surprising family drama—think Moonstruck and My Big Fat Greek Wedding set in New Jersey—about a boisterous, complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother find a new boyfriend.

• An Artist of the Floating World

  Ishiguro, Kazuo

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  In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into World War II.