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The Heart of Winter
Jonathan Evison
★★★★★· Published 2025· 368 pages· read 2025
Ruth and Abe, nearly 70 years married, opposites who somehow made it work. A tender ode to the long haul and all the small forgivenesses it takes.
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The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett
An 80-year-old sets off across the country to win back his high school crush, then gets saddled with two orphaned grandkids and a cat who can predict death. Darkly funny and big-hearted at once.
Fellowship Point
Alice Elliott Dark
Two women in their eighties, lifelong friends, and a stretch of Maine coast they're fighting over. Rich and slow in the best way.
The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson
From the Pineapple Street author: a New Yorker parachutes into a tight seaside-town friend group and stirs everything up. A fun, fast beach read with a little more going on underneath.