Back When We Were Grownups
“Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.”
Sometimes we just need to go, leave, be gone. Our lives don’t always turn out the way we thought they would and we need to get a fresh start. Below is a list of books about women who may have thought they had it all figured out, only to find they have no idea who they are or what they want from their lives. Journey along with them to discover their true selves, and you might discover something about yourself along the way!
“Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.”
“Macau: the bulbous nose of China, a peninsula and two islands strung together like a three-bead necklace. It was time to find a life for myself. To make something out of nothing. The end of hope and the beginning of it too.”
As a successful optometrist and homeowner with two grown daughters, Georgia Young has reached the point in her life where she feels justified in setting out on new adventures with the support of friends and family. So, she resigns her job and moves to Canada. One thing she didn’t foresee is possibly finding new love as well.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on OverDrive/Libby and in eAudio on Overdrive/Libby.
The last “original” wife in her upper-crust Atlanta clique, Leslie Anne Carter Greene is tired of living her life for someone else. She is determined to reclaim her happiness and returns to her childhood home of Charleston to begin the journey back to herself.
When Lena Spencer’s husband gives her an ultimatum to be grateful or be gone, she chooses to go.
Melanie uprooted her family to follow her husband to Atlanta and made a successful new life for everyone there. After her husband leaves her for another woman, Melanie decides that going to a high school reunion provides her the opportunity to conquer some fears and even rekindle an old flame.
Lisa Trumperton finds new allies and a strength she never knew she had, while renovating her family’s mansion in the Australian countryside.
Lou runs away from a loveless marriage to start over and, in front of the Taj Mahal, befriends Ali, a serial mistress who also needs to find a new purpose for her life.