Genre Study – Relationship Fiction: Second Act
February 6, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Our 2024-2025 genre study provides an overview of relationship fiction by looking at key authors, tropes, and themes. The study will also explore crossover appeal with various genres.
Relationship Fiction Genre Study: Second Act
The meeting will be on Thursday, February 6th from 2-4pm in-person at the Lisle Library District. We will be discussing Relationship Fiction with the theme: SECOND ACT. Read two books within this theme. Below is a list of suggestions of titles and authors; feel free to choose your own as well.
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
Maame by Jessica George
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean
The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
Fear of Dying by Erica Jong
Grown-Up Pose by Sonya Lalli
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey
How Does that Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? by Anna Montague
Flores and Miss Paula by Melissa Rivero
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
The Secret of Snow by Viola Shipman
Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zentner