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Thursday Murder Club novels volume 1
Language
English
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"In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Thursday Murder Club novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When an old friend, who has been accused of stealing millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds, desperately needs her help leaving a dead body in his wake, Elizabeth and her friends go up against a ruthless murderer who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians.
Author
Series
100 year old man novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Confined to a nursing home and about to turn 100, Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a murderous elephant and a very friendly hot dog stand operator.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
A riveting novel in which an engaging and wildly irreverent woman is in complete denial--about herself, her drinking, and her love for a man she's known all her life. Hildy is a successful real-estate broker, good neighbor, mother, and grandmother. She's also a raging alcoholic. An exceptional novel that is at turns hilarious and sobering.
Author
Series
Dakota diaries volume 1
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Language
English
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Description
"Mae Wilkey's sweet next-door neighbor, Pauline, is suffering from old age and dementia and desperately needs family to come help her. But Pauline can't recall having kin remaining. Mae searches through her desk and finds a name--Tom Curtis, who may just be the answer to their prayers."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
With each item that is discovered, the hope chest connects Mattie, her husband, Don, and their struggling caregiver, Rose, to each other and not only helps them find hope again in the face of overwhelming life challenges but also brings new meaning to family.
11) Florence Gordon
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An elderly woman, content to sit down and write her memoir, is besieged by her family members, who involve her in a variety of dramas and follies.
Author
Language
English
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Description
John and Ella Robina, a couple married 50+ years--she has stopped her cancer treatments, he has Alzheimer's-- kidnap themselves from the adult children and the doctors who seem to run their lives, and steal off on a forbidden vacation determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds and sneak a little extra time.
Author
Series
Four seasons tetralogy volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
After being married for nearly fifty years, the contented life that Charlie and Esther Moore have built together begins to crumble, and as Esther's declining health begins to shatter their reverie, the couple must come to terms with all the paths their lives have not taken to pull their marriage out of winter.
17) Dot & Ralfie
Author
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Dorothy “Dot” and Rafaela “Ralfie” have been together for thirty years, but as they age, their stable lives begin to show cracks. Rife with Hoffman’s characteristic wit, Dot & Ralfie takes a hard, sometimes painful look at LGBTQ+ elder care and the unique struggles that come with aging outside of heteronormative structures. Can they get through it all and stay together?
18) Akin
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When her father, who had been ravaged by Alzheimer's for ten years, dies, Kay and her husband, Cyril, determined to one day die with dignity, take control of their final years by making a pact to exit the world together at the age of eighty.
Author
Series
Senior sleuths volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Polar opposites and bridge partners, 60-something former nun Rose and her sister-in-law Peg, who knows how to push all of Rose’s buttons, are drawn into a mystery—one they must work together to solve—when the bridge club’s most accomplished player is murdered, and they fall under suspicion.
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