2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Book by a woman author published when she was 60+
Listen, youngs don't need all the fun.
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Rebel by Beverly Jenkins

Rebel

Women Who Dare #1

Beverly Jenkins

373 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick

The Odd Woman and the City

Vivian Gornick

175 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
French Braid by Anne Tyler

French Braid

Anne Tyler

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

Chouette

Claire Oshetsky

237 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism dark emotional medium-paced
How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir by Kate Mulgrew

How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir

Kate Mulgrew

12 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende

The Wind Knows My Name

Isabel Allende

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

316 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

8 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction health psychology self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin

Changing Planes

Ursula K. Le Guin

239 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced