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Old Love from Multcolib My Librarian Heather

Tired of love stories that only focus on young love or first love? Here is a list with older protagonists that find a second chance at love, or find love in a best friend, or find they love themselves best.

Multnomah County Library

9 items

  • A grandmother living in a rural English village swaps homes with her young granddaughter living in London (and tries online dating!).
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2020. — FICTION OLEARY 2020
  • Mid-life Ex-wife

    a Diary of Divorce, Online Dating, and Second Chances

    Grey, Stella,
    This may or may not be based in reality, but it is hilarious to watch a newly divorced middle-aged woman navigate the dating world online.
    BookNew York : Harper, 2017. — 306.73 G845m 2017
  • Count Alexander Rostov lives the fullest life while never leaving the grounds of the hotel.
    BookNew York : Viking, [2016] — FICTION TOWLES 2016
  • Sad but worth the heart tug. A young man pretends to be the estranged grandson of a woman living in a residential home for senior citizens.
    BookLondon : Virago, 2006. — FICTION TAYLOR
  • Fair warning, this is a little depressing, but Florence's journey to open her own bookshop (a dream, a love) is still worth it.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997. — FICTION FITZGERAL 1997
  • Quirky cleaning lady saves and saves to buy a Dior gown and gets her wish in her trip to Paris.
    BookLondon : Bloomsbury, 2010. — FICTION GALLICO 2010
  • Four women come together for the month of April and learn about themselves, love, and are forever changed.
    BookLondon : Macmillan Collector's Library, [2022] — FICTION VONARNIM 2022
  • A true life relationship between Helene and a bookseller in England. Reading their letters and seeing their friendship develop is rewarding.
    BookNew York : Grossman Publishers, 1970. — 818 H23e