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Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
by Elizabeth Buchan

Published: 2003-12-30
Paperback : 368 pages
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Get ready to cheer for Rose Lloyd, a woman of young middle-age who proves that starting over doesn’t have an age limit. After twenty-five years spent juggling husband, career, and kids with admirable success, Rose suddenly finds both her marriage and her career in unexpected ruin. Forced to ...
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Get ready to cheer for Rose Lloyd, a woman of young middle-age who proves that starting over doesn’t have an age limit. After twenty-five years spent juggling husband, career, and kids with admirable success, Rose suddenly finds both her marriage and her career in unexpected ruin. Forced to begin a new life, she is at first terrified, then energized, by her newfound freedom—it’s amazing what prolonged reflection, a little weight loss, a new slant on independence, and some Parisian lingerie will do for the psyche! Witty, insightful, and emotionally resonant, Buchan’s novel will strike a chord with anyone who has ever wondered what Middle Age would look like from the other side of the looking glass (answer: much better than you could ever expect).

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Is there such a thing is one's "soul mate" or "the one" or is this a fiction?
Can you understand leaving someone with whom you are madly in love because the two of you want very different things out of life?
by frankelly (see profile) 03/04/12

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  "Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman"by terrill d. (see profile) 03/06/12

A topic that happens all to frequently to people, affairs at the work place, family's torn apart, however with an optimistic twist. The protagonist is a bit like a Phoenix rising from the ashes of a destroyed... (read more)

 
  "Indeed, the best revenge . . ."by Frances K. (see profile) 03/04/12

Our members reported anticipating that this book would be "fluff," but found it to be much more profound and thought-provoking. It prompted a very meaningful, probing discussion about whether there is... (read more)

 
  "Not a big hit with my book club members"by Judith N. (see profile) 11/06/08

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