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1	Broken for You more books like this by Stephanie Kallos Two unlikely women become friends: Margaret Hughes, a 70-something woman with a brain tumor and a mansion full of priceless antiques and a resident ghost; and Wanda Schultz, her boarder, an intermittently hysterical young woman with a faithless lover and a deadbeat father. The two forge a friendship as they commit a shocking but necessary act of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Can't Wait to Get to Heaven more books like this by Fannie Flagg Combining Southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.17! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Christmas Pearl more books like this by Dorothea Benton Frank Theodora has finally gotten her family together in South Carolina to celebrate Christmas, but the holiday looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood. Luckily for her, a special someone who heard her plea for help arrives. see all copies from $4.05! new only from $4.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Madonnas of Leningrad more books like this by Debra Dean Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories--the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild--yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye. Vivid images of her youth in war ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Garden of Last Days more books like this by Andre Dubus, III From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection "House of Sand and Fog"--a new big-hearted, painful, page-turning novel. One early September night in Florida, a stripper brings her daughter to work. April's usual babysitter is in the hospital, so she decides it's best to have her three-year-old daughter close by ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance more books like this by Jane Juska Jane Juska is a writer and English teacher, and at the age of 66--divorced, retired, in analysis--she decides that what she needs in her life is more sex. With the help of a personal ad in the New York Review of Books, she has a variety of sexual and romantic encounters. As she talks about them, she also delves into her background, which includes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Younger Next Year for Women more books like this by Chris Crowley, Henry S Lodge, M.D. Now, a women's edition. A New York Times bestseller with 115,000 copies in print in hardcover, Younger Next Year is the breakthrough program for men to turn back their biological clocks and live healthier, more active lives into their 80s and beyond. Experts believed, the press raved: " An extraordinary book. It is easy to read and the science ... see all copies from $4.58! new only from $14.49! \| signed copies \| SVS
8	A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom from an Unconventional Woman more books like this by Joan Anderson Shortly after arriving on Cape Cod to spend a year by herself, Joan Anderson's chance encounter with a wise, playful, and astonishing woman helped her usher in the transformations and self-discoveries that led to her ongoing renewal. First glimpsed as a slender figure on a fogged-in beach, Joan Erikson was not only a friend and confidante when one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Secrets more books like this by Kristen Heitzmann Lance Michelli is on a quest to discover the secrets his grandmother cannot tell. What happened all those years ago, and what is it she so desperately needs him to find? The old villa in Sonoma holds the answers, but it is now owned by a young woman who neither knows nor cares about his mission. But Rese Barret is a force to contend with, and her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Water Room more books like this by Christopher Fowler This water-themed sequel to FULL DARK HOUSE is the second in a mystery series starring elderly, brainy detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In this installment, the duo, uncomfortably located in temporary offices after an explosion destroyed their old ones, investigates two cases. Bryant looks into the mysterious ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	When Light Breaks more books like this by Patti Callahan Henry Garnering comparisons to Anne Rivers Siddons and Pat Conroy, Patti Callahan Henry has woven her lyrical Southern voice throughout the Lowcountry landscape. Now, as two women from opposite sides of the same sea meet, a tale unfolds that will draw readers into the heart's remembrances-and the tender awakenings of first love. Though bogged down in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Disordered Minds more books like this by Minette Walters "The only factors that unite her works are her penchant for dark psychological perception; and their excellence" - "The Times". In 1970, Harold Stamp, a retarded, reclusive twenty year-old was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession of brutally murdering his grandmother - the one person who understood and protected him. Less than ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Covington Christmas more books like this by Joan A Medlicott The new pastor at the Cove Road Church in Covington discovers that a former pastor from forty years ago was never ordained as a minister, and was therefore not qualified to marry anyone -- which means that five longstanding marriages are invalid! With their marriages thrown into crisis, it's decided that the couples absolutely must remarry on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.47! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	An Unexpected Family more books like this by Joan A Medlicott In this heartwarming new Covington novella by a bestselling author, a shocking secret becomes an extraordinary gift for Amelia, who discovers a newfound family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.59! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Hunt Ball more books like this by Rita Mae Brown Rita Mae Brown takes a break from the popular Mrs. Murphy series (which she pens with her cat Sneaky Pie) and produces a third mystery set amongst the fox-hunting elite (and the local wild and domestic creatures) of rural Virginia. A controversial art exhibit creates some unrest at an exclusive all-girls' prep school, but that is nothing to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Two Days After the Wedding more books like this by Joan A Medlicott Joan Medlicott presents the seventh novel in her bestselling series set in Covington, North Carolina, celebrating life, love, and the powerful bonds between the Ladies of Covington. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
17 view cover	Dearest Dorothy, Merry Everything! more books like this by Charlene Ann Baumbich Just in time for the holidays comes a Partonville Christmas story that all Dearest Dorothy fans will have on their wish list . see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Shooting Star more books like this by Cynthia Riggs Victoria Trumbull, 92-year-old poet and deputy, has written a play for Martha's Vineyard's community theater. But when one actor after another drops dead, she hopes to finger the murderer through a cast of eccentric supporting characters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estate more books like this by Jane Juska The author of the bestselling memoir "A Round-Heeled Woman" continues her search for the perfect lover--and the perfect house--while seeking out the stories of other "unaccompanied women" with lives and adventures as colorful as her own. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.59! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Sarah's Song more books like this by Karen Kingsbury The ritual is the same every December: 12 handmade paper Christmas ornaments and a small plastic Christmas tree. Twelve days for Sarah to remember her long-ago love. Twelve chances for Sarah to sing her song once more, even from her room in the lonely nursing home.But this year is different. Because this time, a young woman is listening and ... see all copies from $2.84! new only from $3.25! \| SVS
21 view cover	The Paperwhite Narcissus more books like this by Cynthia Riggs In this fifth book in the Victoria Trumbull series, the 92-year-old sleuth finds herself embroiled in a series of murders after she is fired from her job as West Tisbury correspondent for "The Island Enquirer" on Martha's Vineyard. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society more books like this by Augusta Trobaugh A Southern comedy-of-manners crosses with the classic film "Arsenic and Old Lace," in this surprising new novel by the author of "Sophie and the Rising Sun." Trobaugh spices up her pitch-perfect Southern style with a witty murder plot--providing a hilarious twist that is sure to draw new readers to her work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.46! \| first editions
23 view cover	Joe Jones more books like this by Anne Lamott "Joe Jones" is Lamott's raucous novel of lives gathered around Jessie's Cafe, "a restaurant from another era, the sort of broken-down waterfront dive one might expect to find in Steinbeck or Saroyan." Her rich and timeless themes are also here: love and loyalty, loss and recovery, staying on and staying together, the power of humor to heal and to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club more books like this by Virginia Ironside This wonderfully astute novel based on the author's own experiences is the funny--and often poignant--fictionalized diary of an older woman a decade or two past her prime and content to leave it all behind her. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Red Hat Society's Queens of Woodlawn Avenue more books like this by Regina Hale Sutherland For her 50th birthday, Ellie Johnston's husband gives her an unwanted divorce, takes their elegant home in an upscale Nashville neighborhood and installs his girlfriend, a waitress! Alone and broke, she hides in the rundown cottage she buys with her divorce settlement, but discovers that the house comes with an undisclosed perk. It's one of 4 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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