Great Novels with Characters in their Second Act (Meaning not Young!)

Great Novels with Characters in their Second Act (Meaning not Young!)

Our Book of the Week this week is HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy, starring a fabulous fifty year old. Author Kathy Lette said in her Q&A, “For women life is in two acts – the trick is surviving the interval. Menopause, that horrible hormonal intermission, is discombobulating and demoralizing. Lack of sleep made me feel so at sea I needed a distress flare. It was also fiendishly hot. Cripes. I was having my own weather! I sweated so much I thought Gestapo were trying to get a confession out of me. It was like being a moody teenager again, only this time with wrinkles instead of pimples. But there’s an upside. As a woman’s oestrogen drops, her testosterone increases. Having spent decades tethered to the kitchen by apron and heart strings, you suddenly start to feel a little bit more selfish, a little bit more bolshie – a little bit more like a bloke, basically! And women get a little bit more confident about standing on their own two stilettos.”

We’ve seen some wonderful books with characters ‘in their second act’ lately, and have put together a list of some for you. What are your favourite reads with feisty older characters?

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  1. Marianne Egling says:

    Thoroughly enjoyed Still Alice.Couldn’t get into Kathy Lette’s book,and haven’t read the other books mentioned,but will save the info to check them for future reads.