Anonymous
08/22/2025 06:18
Subject: Middle age ennui
Anonymous wrote:Another possibility:
Ask Again Yes: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane
From Goodreads:
“Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, two rookie cops in the NYPD, live next door to each other outside the city. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis's wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian's wife, Anne—sets the stage for explosive events to come.”
“Ask Again, Yes is a moving novel about two families, the bond between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, the daily intimacies of marriage, and the power of forgiveness.”
Sounds like schlock
Anonymous
08/21/2025 18:07
Subject: Middle age ennui
Another possibility:
Ask Again Yes: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane
From Goodreads:
“Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, two rookie cops in the NYPD, live next door to each other outside the city. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis's wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian's wife, Anne—sets the stage for explosive events to come.”
“Ask Again, Yes is a moving novel about two families, the bond between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, the daily intimacies of marriage, and the power of forgiveness.”
Ask Again Yes: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane
From Goodreads:
“Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, two rookie cops in the NYPD, live next door to each other outside the city. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis's wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian's wife, Anne—sets the stage for explosive events to come.”
“Ask Again, Yes is a moving novel about two families, the bond between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, the daily intimacies of marriage, and the power of forgiveness.”
Anonymous
08/20/2025 16:10
Subject: Middle age ennui
I agree Anne Tyler's books are mostly, amazing, fully absorbing and poignant, thought-provoking, life affirming and just well written.
Helen Dunmore was also a very strong writer
some of Julie Myerson's books are great, then she kind of went off the boil after she kicked out her teenage son for drug addiction and wrote about it - that kind of ended it for me with her books, but the early ones were great.
Helen Dunmore was also a very strong writer
some of Julie Myerson's books are great, then she kind of went off the boil after she kicked out her teenage son for drug addiction and wrote about it - that kind of ended it for me with her books, but the early ones were great.
Anonymous
08/20/2025 12:44
Subject: Middle age ennui
If you liked Same as it ever was, Claire Lombardo's book The most fun we ever had is good.
Anonymous
08/20/2025 09:37
Subject: Middle age ennui
Anonymous wrote:Not sure if you are looking for something edgy? If not, Anne Tyler has a couple of good ones. I enjoyed The Ladder of Years.
I will be watching for suggestions too!
Thank you! No, not necessarily edgy at all. I was going to say I welcome classics and modern. (All Fours was edgy and did nothing for me at all). When a guy is in the same position, someone will tell him to Plato or Marcus Aurelius. I’m open!
Anonymous
08/20/2025 09:31
Subject: Middle age ennui
Not sure if you are looking for something edgy? If not, Anne Tyler has a couple of good ones. I enjoyed The Ladder of Years.
I will be watching for suggestions too!
I will be watching for suggestions too!
Anonymous
08/19/2025 22:49
Subject: Middle age ennui
Please recommend a book, but not All Fours, Sandwich, Same as it ever was.