A Memoir
How I Met My Soulmate Through a Dating App in My 50s
Two failed marriages. Two divorces. One daughter. Fifty-three years old and starting over — armed with nothing but hard-won wisdom and a Bumble profile. This is the story of what happens when you stop settling and start hunting.
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Three times the charm — and worth every wrong turn.
The Story
Born in Bangkok, raised in New York, twice married and twice divorced, June Marcangeli spent decades building a career, raising a daughter, and learning what love was not. When her fourteen-year-old pushed her toward dating apps with the blunt wisdom only teenagers possess, she had no idea the search would take her through the Wild West of Match.com, a Bumble candy store of younger men, and finally — one July afternoon on Greenwich Avenue — to a man in a three-piece Italian suit who greeted her with three kisses on the cheek and the cheesiest opening line she had ever read.
This is a memoir about resilience, self-reinvention, and the radical act of refusing to give up on love. It is funny, tender, ruthlessly honest, and alive with the specific wisdom of a woman who has made every mistake and come out the other side knowing exactly who she is.
The Journey
Born in Bangkok
First marriage, NYU graduate
Second marriage & Joelle born
Starting over at 53
Met Mario. Third time's the charm.
About the Author
June Marcangeli was born in Bangkok and came to the United States at twelve, armed with nothing but her mother's resilience and an appetite for a bigger life. She graduated from NYU, built a career spanning hospitality and pharmaceutical sales, raised a daughter she is fiercely proud of, survived two marriages with her humor and self-awareness intact, and fought breast cancer with the same tenacity she has brought to everything else in her life.
At fifty-three, when her daughter told her to stop sitting alone in the apartment, June downloaded a dating app for the first time. What followed was three years of first dates, red flags, hard lessons, and one swipe right that changed everything.
A breast cancer survivor, she lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with her husband Mario.
"I felt inspired to share my story. To give hope that meeting your soulmate in your 50s is possible. Three Times The Charm has evolved into happily ever after, and I wish the same for every one of you."
— June Marcangeli
Editorial Assessment
Overall rating: 4.85 / 5 · The complete manuscript is ready for agent submission and hybrid publisher presentation.
The Book
Available wherever books are sold. A memoir for every woman who has loved, lost, rebuilt, and refused to stop believing the best is still ahead.