Diversity Books: Older Adults
Tell us about books that you’ve read, that depict older adults (65 years old or more) in a positive light, describe them accurately, tells us how amazing they are, etc!
Let us know the genre and age group. Tell us a little about the book, why you recommend it as a great depiction of one of our beautiful, diverse groups in our world, and share a pic if you can!
Let’s celebrate our wonderful differences in all of us, and share some amazing books as well! <3
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I’m adding a taglist to start, but this post is open to absolutely everyone! <3
Editing to add:
Please include books written by people of this diversity group as well! <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 oh I have one. I never got to read it but I soooo want to. It's been on my reading list for a while but can't get to it, as my library doesn't have it and I'm stubborn to pay for things 😭 the book is The remarkable retirement of Edna Fisher I think and it was inspired by a social media post about why is the chosen one always a teenager and not someone with more life experience like a grandma who has the time and the maturity.
I also love Agatha Christie's Miss Marple detective stories. She is an old lady solving crime cases by discussing them over tea with her detective friend ❤️
Matched
This book is about a community run by The Society. No one gets to choose. Things are chosen for them. Think "The Giver" vibes! So good! <3
The grandfather is the one who sets things in motion, before he dies, for his grandaughter and her friends to start to dismantle the destruction of The Society. Grandfather is a BEAST <3
From Goodreads:
In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion.
Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7735333-matched?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8
@jesusredeemedme2425. The book is called How to age disgracefully. AI description:
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley is a humorous and heartwarming novel about a group of quirky seniors who band together to save their community center from being sold, teaming up with a teenage dad and daycare kids in the process.