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• Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

  a Novel

  Ford, Olivia,

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  A contestant on a British baking show, Jenny, who, after 59 years of marriage, has decided to do something for herself, delights in her new-found independence, but finds the show unearthing memories buried decades ago—and a secret that could be a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

  a Novel

  Johnston, Anna, 1983-

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  Frederick Fife is eighty two years old, down on his luck and lonely, when all of a sudden a case of mistaken identity grants him a new lease on life.

• The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

  Pearson, Laura (Novelist),

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  After Mabel's list loving husband passes away, she finds one last list. "Find D" helps Mabel with her grief and reentry into the world.

• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  When she discovers a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, Vera Wong, a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, calls the police but not before swiping the flash drive from the body, setting a trap for the killer that becomes complicated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Door-to-door Bookstore

  a Novel

  Henn, Carsten, 1973-

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  When elderly bookseller Carl Christian Kollhoff, who delivers books to special customers after closing time, unexpectedly loses his job, he forms an unlikely friendship with a nine-year-old girl who encourages him and his friends to embrace the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

  Cain, Matt (Writer),

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  Forced into retirement, former postman Albert Entwistle, with no friends, family or hobbies, forms a brave plan to start truly living, seek the happiness he's always denied himself and find the courage to look for the man he loved and lost years ago…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remarkably Bright Creatures

  a Novel

  Van Pelt, Shelby,

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  After her husband dies, widow Tova Sullivan starts working at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, where she forms a special bond with a giant Pacific octopus who holds the key solving the mysterious disappearance of her 18-year-old son, Erik, over thirty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Gen

  a Novel

  McKinney-Whetstone, Diane,

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  In the Gen, an upscale 55-plus community, Cynthia befriends two other black residents, as well as a woman who everyone assumes is from India, creating a camaraderie that becomes the catalyst for secrets to be exposed.

• The Correspondent

  a Novel

  Evans, Virginia, 1986-

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  When Sybil, a 73-year-old retired lawyer and devoted letter writer, receives an unexpected letter that opens old wounds, she must confront painful memories from her past. This heartfelt epistolary novel shows how Sybil's reflections reshape her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killers of a Certain Age

  Raybourn, Deanna,

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  Sent on an all-expense paid vacation to mark their retirement, four assassins discover they've been marked for death, forcing them to turn against their own organization and teach them what it really means to be a woman—and a killer—of a certain age.

• The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

  a Novel

  Cronin, Marianne,

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  Unlikely friends, 17-year-old Lenni and 83-year-old Margot, devise a plan to create 100 paintings showcasing the stories of the century they have lived while in the hospital at the same time.

• The Switch

  O'Leary, Beth,

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  A young woman and her seventy-nine year old grandmothers witch homes for two months and they each discover that love can be found in the most unlikely places.

• The Thursday Murder Club

  Osman, Richard, 1970-

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  Four friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room of a retirement community to discuss unsolved crimes; but then a real murder occurs for them to solve.

• Deacon King Kong

  McBride, James, 1957-

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  In the aftermath of a 1969 Brooklyn church deacon's public shooting of a local drug dealer, the community's African-American and Latinx witnesses find unexpected support from each other when they are targeted by violent mobsters.

• Meet Me at the Museum

  Youngson, Anne,

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  A disenchanted farmer's wife and a widowed museum curator begin a correspondence over their mutual fascination with poet Seamus Heaney's "The Tollund Man" and gradually share details from their lives, forging an unexpected bond along the way.

• The Lido

  a Novel

  Page, Libby,

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  An anxiety-riddled cub reporter for a small London paper is assigned to cover the closing of a local rec center and bonds with an 86-year-old widow who has swum in the community pool every day since childhood.

• Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

  Rooney, Kathleen, 1980-

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  Embarking on a walk across the unsafe landscape of Manhattan on New Year's Eve in 1984, 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish recalls her long and eventful life, which included a brief reign as the highest-paid advertising woman in America, whose career was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Celine

  a Novel

  Heller, Peter, 1959-

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  Missing-persons tracker Celine searches in Yellowstone for a photographer who is presumed dead, only to be targeted by a shadowy figure determined to keep the case unsolved.

• Britt-Marie Was Here

  a Novel

  Backman, Fredrik, 1981-

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  Walking away from her loveless marriage and taking a job in a financially devastated town, 63-year-old Britt-Marie uses her fierce organizational skills to become a local soccer coach to a group of lost children,

• Three Things About Elsie

  a Novel

  Cannon, Joanna (Psychiatrist),

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  Eighty-four-year-old Florence, a resident in a nursing home, has fallen in her apartment, leading her to think about her childhood friend and the secrets of their past that are about to come to light.