Sunday, March 16, 2025

Seven novels featuring women over 40

Colleen Oakley is the USA Today bestselling author of six novels including, The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, You Were There Too, Close Enough to Touch, Before I Go, and her latest Jane and Dan at the End of the World.

[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." One title on the list:
Sandwich by Catherine Newman

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.
Read about another novel on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue