How to Age Disgracefully by Care Pooley

Who says getting older has to mean fading quietly into the background? Not Daphne. Not the misfits at the Senior Citizens’ Recreational Club. And certainly not Catherine Pooley, whose latest novel is a riotous, heart-tugging ode to friendship in the second half of life.

When Daphne stumbles into a community center looking for a quiet place to hide from her past, she expects bingo and biscuits. What she finds instead is a ragtag group of older women determined to live loudly, love fiercely, and behave just a little bit badly. There’s shoplifting. There’s mischief. There’s the occasional brush with the law. And underneath it all, there’s the kind of friendship that changes everything.

From the bestselling author of The Authenticity Project, this novel has been called “warm, witty, and wonderfully life-affirming” by readers who couldn’t put it down. Fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club and Fredrik Backman will find a new favorite here.

What we love about it:

• A cast of characters who feel like old friends by page fifty
• Laugh-out-loud moments balanced with genuine emotional depth
• A celebration of growing older on your own glorious terms
• The perfect pick for book clubs, beach chairs, and rainy afternoons by the cove

Tuck this one into your tote alongside a thermos of tea and head out to the Marginal Way. It’s the kind of read that makes you want to call your best friend the moment you finish the last page.

A salty, spirited reminder that the best chapters are still ahead.