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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The gap year for grown-ups The gap year for grown-ups Annie Sanders "After twenty years of comfortable marriage, and with the kids finally off her hands, Sarah Lewis realises she has filled the washing machine once too often. Surely there must be more to life than th… OL17847322W
Tempting Fate Tempting Fate Jane Green Gabby and Elliott have been happily married for eighteen years. They have two teenaged daughters. They have built a life together. Forty-three year old Gabby is the last person to have an affair. She… OL17929440W
Seasons of life Seasons of life John N. Kotre Program 5, Late adulthood (Ages 60+). A variety of case studies look at the last stage of development when people consider whether the story of their life has been a good one. The significance of gra… OL19078W
Family pictures Family pictures Jane Green Living on opposite coasts and preparing to see their children depart for school, two women, the wives of frequently traveling husbands, are shattered by a devastating secret that brings them together… OL19967355W
Family recipe Family recipe Veronica Henry "Laura Griffin is preparing for an empty nest. The thought of Number 11 Lark Hill falling silent - a home usually bustling with noise, people and the fragrant smells of something cooking on the Aga -… OL20868734W
A second spring A second spring Connie Monk After long years of war: it's the final months of 1945. Victory ceases to be a distant dream, and for Rhoda Harding and many others a feeling of hope is in the air. Married to Alec for 25 years, Rhod… OL20923366W
Christchurch Christchurch Bell, James (Author in Charlottesville, Va.) "The 40-year story of Adelaide and Lucien as they enter the uncertainties of the last third of their life. Children raised, successful careers behind them and adventures and challenges ahead for this… OL24912747W
Barbara & Susan's guide to the empty nest Barbara & Susan's guide to the empty nest Dennis Rainey Is your nest empty -- except for a bundle of mixed emotions? As you grieve what's behind and daydream about possibilities, you'll feel young again, ready for new challenges and adventures. Yet you ma… OL5750374W