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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk | Kathleen Rooney

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Perhaps it is my age, that I love to walk, that I love big cities. Or that one of my favorite people is an octogenarian who speaks with such eloquence that I stop and listen to anything she has to say.
...I loved this book!

#DearDecember @Eggs I‘m a day late for #AgingCharacters but this current read also matches today‘s #BlackGoldCovers

marleed @TheEllieMo and @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks Might I say this book (and I audio‘d some of it while walking) is mellifluous! 5y

Amiable This was one of my favorites from last year! I loved Lillian. 5y

NeedsMoreBooks Enjoyed this book 5y

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8little_paws Oh what a fun cover! 5y

MargaretPinardAuthor I did too, and I‘m 38 and in Portland OR..,I guess I am a city walking girl but don‘t think that had anything to do with appreciating the tender pathos in this book. 💗 5y

marleed @Amiable I‘ve had this on my shelves for a bit. There‘s something about finally grabbing a TBR book and then giving it a 5-star that makes it extra special. 5y

marleed @8little_paws I find myself just staring at the cover. I think it represents the book well. 5y

marleed @MargaretPinardAuthor You are close to the age of the author! I love how the author wrote a woman 50 years her senior! 5y

marleed @NeedsMoreBooks I‘m going to carry Lillian with me for a long time. 5y

Eggs Love everything about this! Beautiful cover 🖤🧡🖤🧡 5y

TheEllieMo @marleed everything about this looks like my kind of book! 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love Eleanor 💙 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @marleed 🤣🤣🤣 5y

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Blueberry

The One Hundred Year Old Man Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared | Jonas Jonasson

Two of my favorite #agingcharacters.
#DearDecember @Eggs

Eggs Great choices!! Ove was my pick too !! 5y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

POPPY | Barbara Larriva

#AgingCharacters
#DearDecember

A mystical child, an aging actress and the miracle of love... ❤️. Such a sweet story!!!

Eggs

tracey38 Love your berry wreath! 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @tracey38 thank you!! ❤️ 5y

Eggs Gorgeous ❤️ 📚❤️ 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs thank you!! 😘 5y

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom

One of my all time favorites
#AgingCharacters

#Morrie 💙
#Deardecember

Eggs

Eggs Yesssss! Excellent choice 😭 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs 😥😥😥 5y

Tanisha_A Yess. 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tanisha_A 💙💙 5y

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kspenmoll

The Long Flight Home | Alan Hlad

#DearDecember #AgingCharacters
In 1940 England Susan is raising homing pigeons with her grandfather.The National Pigeon Service involves Susan in a assignment:to air drop hundreds of these birds with coded messages into German occupied France.
The Novel includes the role of these carrier pigeons in espionage, war wreckage & its toll, loss,romance,missed chances, despair,hope. By 1996, Susan,a grandma,has aged,& carries her story in her heart.

Eggs

Amiable What a beautiful photo! 5y

Eggs Gorgeous photo/presentation 👏🏻❤️👏🏻. And I am so intrigued with this story-going on the wish list! 5y

kspenmoll @Amiable @Eggs Thank you ! 5y

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Megabooks

The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde

(Non) #agingcharacters #deardecember @Eggs

When I was a kid (like eight or nine), I thought Dorian was the name of the gray paint that was used for the picture. Obviously, I took a lot of art classes! 😳😂

Eggs ❤️❤️ love this story 5y

Megabooks I‘ve never read it! I keep meaning to pull the trigger on the serial reader, but I haven‘t. 5y

Scochrane26 @Megabooks I read this a few years ago, & it‘s one of the few classics I love. It has some great themes. 5y

Megabooks @Scochrane26 I really should use serial reader more. It‘s a great way to read the classics for free. Thanks for letting me know you like it! 5y

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Eggs

A Man Called Ove: A Novel | Fredrik Backman

#agingcharacters

#deardecember

How can you not love Ove?!?! I laughed, I cried. Kindred spirit. I watched the movie (with subtitles) and liked it, but of course the movie is always lacking the crucial inner monologue.

Soubhiville I love Ove so much! I need to watch the movie. 5y

Megabooks This is immediately what I thought of for your prompt! 5y

Eggs @Soubhiville ❤️❤️ 5y

Eggs @Megabooks Yes he‘s my favorite old person 😊 5y

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