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Boomer lit is a literary genre written by and for those born between 1946 and 1957 - baby boomers. This was a time of social unrest, civil rights, Viet Nam, Nixon, and great music. Boomers were colored by those times. Their approaches to life are different from those born before or after. Boomer Lit reflects that difference. It deals with current issues and concerns offering new perspectives and treatments. Boomer Lit embraces any genre that features mature characters, in contemporary settings, addressing any aspect of today's world. Boomer Lit is by Boomers, for Boomers, exploring the mature experience. Early examples of Boomer Lit include *''Therapy'' by David Lodge *''About Schmidt'' series by Louis Begley * ''The Hot Flash Club'' series by Nancy Thayer ''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' by Deborah Moggach has been turned into a film and ''The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'' by Rachel Joyce was long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. The genre includes widely diverse books, ranging from slice-of-life novels to memoirs such as: *''Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons'' by Lorna Landvik *''The Almost Moon'' by Alice Sebold *''Crimson Clouds'' by Claude Nougat *''Confessions of an Instinctively Mutinous Baby Boomer'' by Marsha Roberts *''The Crone Club'' by S. V. Peddle' *'Goodbye Emily'' by Michael Murphy *''Happiness Sold Separately'' by Lolly Winston *''Italian Lessons'' by Peter Pezzelli *''Live a Little'' by Kim Green *''No Place like Home'' by Anne.R. Allen *''The Best Place to Be'' by Lesley Dormen *''The Paper Doll Museum'' by Abigail Padgett *''Waltzing'' by Robert Dalby *''Set The Night on Fire'' by Libby Fischer Hellmann ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「boomer lit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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