Middle-Aged Main Characters

Dr. Amanda talks about why middle age so often gets overlooked in books and pop culture, and shares recommendations across romance, literary fiction, horror, and queer romance. She covers stories of reinvention after divorce, second-chance love, grief, intergenerational families, and coming out later in life, for elder millennials, Gen X, and anyone who wants to see midlife on the page. Books discussed: The Bookshop of Second Chances (Jackie Fraser) The Wedding People (Alison Espach) Is She Really Going Out with Him? (Sophie Cousens) The Romance Revival (Christina Lauren) The Shots You Take (Rachel Reid) You & Me (Tal Bauer) The Vibrant Years (Sonali Dev) The Robber Bride and Cat’s Eye (Margaret Atwood) The September House (Carissa Orlando) The Little Paris Bookshop (Nina George) The Guncle and The Guncle Abroad (Steven Rowley) Content note: The Wedding People includes a suicide plot, discussed in this episode. Email: bookishuniversity@gmail.com Instagram: @bookishuniversity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.