
[The Page 69 Test: Before I Go; Writers Read: Colleen Oakley (January 2015); Writers Read: Colleen Oakley (March 2017)]
At Electric Lit Oakley tagged seven novels featuring "protagonists over the age of 40—women navigating the complexities of middle life with all its triumphs, heartbreaks, and reinventions."

Sandwich by Catherine NewmanRead about another novel on the list.
Catherine Newman lays bare what it means to be a woman and mother in midlife, when the matriarch of the family gathers with her husband and adult children for a weeklong beach vacation. It’s moving, funny and oh-so-relatable.
--Marshal Zeringue