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Publisher's Summary
For twenty-five years, Rose Lloyd has juggled marriage, motherhood, and career with remarkable success. But the carefully managed existence to which Rose has become accustomed comes crashing down around her when her marriage and her career both fall apart. Can Rose start over? Not easily. But it's amazing what prolonged reflection, the slimming effect of a lost appetite, and a new slant on independence will do, especially when an old flame suddenly reappears.
Full of humor, clever insight, and a wonderful sense of the absurd, Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman is an irresistible and finely written novel for anyone who ever wondered what a certain age would look like from beyond the looking-glass, and who will find it ripe with promise that the best days are yet to come.
©2003 Elizabeth Buchan; (P)2003 HighBridge Company
What the Critics Say
"A sophisticated and satisfying novel." (Publishers Weekly)
"Jean Gilpin is Rose just as the listener wants her to be: warm, vulnerable, resilient, and angry....This is a genuine story of rebirth at middle age read by an intelligent and insightful narrator." (AudioFile)
"[Buchan's] latest sensitive, satisfying tale is a most untraditional exploration of the landscapes of love and grief that refrains from shortcuts and cliches....believable and inspiring....A must-read for Elizabeth Berg fans and anyone looking for a new perspective on love and starting over." (Booklist)
"Wise, melancholy, funny, and sophisticated." (The Times [London])
From AudioFile
Rose Lloyd has it all. She's the happily married mother of an adult son and daughter, she has a successful career, and she lives in a lovely London-area home where she's created a nearly perfect garden. So why has her husband run off with her beautiful assistant at the same time that she herself has been sacked? Jean Gilpin is Rose just as the listener wants her to be--warm, vulnerable, resilient, and angry. Gilpin tracks Rose's healing from forlorn, powerless wife to capable, gorgeous woman who falls madly in love with an old beau from her Oxford days. This is a genuine story of rebirth at middle age read by an intelligent and insightful narrator. (c) AudioFile 2003
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