7 Books for Summer Reading
Advantage magazine once again spoke to Linda McLoughlin Figel of {pages} a bookstore about her top summer reading recommendations for older adults. Located in Manhattan Beach, {pages} a bookstore is an independent book seller serving the South Bay. The store’s book-savvy staff is masterful at matching readers with just the right book, and the well-curated inventory makes finding your next read a delightful adventure. Here are some highly recommended suggestions to get you started.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt – A beautiful, funny story about human connection across generations, grieving, aging, moving forward and moving on. This will appeal to fans of A Man Called Ove.
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal – A good Midwestern story of families, mothers and daughters, food and cocktails, love and loss.
Outlive by Peter Attia, MD – This holistic approach to longevity draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. From the host of the popular podcast The Drive.
The Postcard by Anne Berest – Historical fiction at its finest. This is an autobiographical portrait of 20th-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. An enthralling investigation into family secrets and a poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust.
Properties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins – Both universal and intimate, this is a story of a changing American landscape and an examination of one of the darkest periods in this country’s past—told through stories of the individual loves and losses that weave together to form the fabric of our shared history.
Note: Linda’s favorite book of 2022.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese – A stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith and medicine, set in Kerala, India. This story follows three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret.
Note: Currently Linda’s favorite book of 2023.
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus – This original and vibrant novel is set in 1960s California and follows the career and personal life of Elizabeth Zott, a young, brilliant chemist who is forced to become a television chef when she becomes a single mother. Coming to Apple TV as a series this fall!
