About this title: Rose Lloyd, middle-aged and comfortable, finds herself challenged when her marriage breaks up and her career is in trouble. The story of how she manages to start over at midlife--with the psychological boost of an old beau who turns up opportunely--is the focus of this novel that sees middle age not as an end but as a beginning.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 02/2003
ISBN-13:9780670032068ISBN:0670032069
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 341 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 02/2003
ISBN-13:9780670032068ISBN:0670032069
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 341 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 02/2003
ISBN-13:9780670032068ISBN:0670032069
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 341 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books
Date Published: 02/2003
ISBN-13:9780670032068ISBN:0670032069
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 341 p. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780142003725ISBN:0142003727
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: General/trade. FINE, PRISTINE, ALMOST BRAND NEW! Very clean & unmarked; No cover wear; No spine crease; Excellent binding; IMPRESSIVE! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780142003725ISBN:0142003727
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. Partial name sticker inside. Tight, square book. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 0142003727 Very good condition, minor wear. No major marks or damage. Paperback, 368 pages, Penguin USA, Penguin (Non-Classics) (December 30, 2003). 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Great customer service and a no problem, EZ return policy. Real people, real service, since 1981. Happy for 25 years, Rose watches aghast as both her career and her marriage suddenly go down the drain. read more
"read this for my book club last month. The title makes it sound like it would be funny but it really wasn't. unless you think that a man who has been married for over twenty years who decides to have an affair with his wife's assistant, who ends up with her job and her husband funny!!!!!!but, in the end she really does end up better for it..and lives happily ever after...."
"I was absolutely drawn into this story from the first page. Elizabeth Buchan did a wonderful job of portraying how Rose thought everything was fine with her husband Nathan, her relationship with co-worker and supposed "friend" Minty, only to find out that Minty had seduced her husband and manipulated him into falling in love with her. The range of emotions which Rose goes through to eventually come out of the whole expierence stronger is right on the mark. It is also very amusing to see what ultimately happens to Nathan and Minty. I became so involved in this story that I almost missed my plane at the airport. Great read!!"
"The title is a misnomer. There was no revenge in the book except that Rose rebuilds her life after a failed marriage and a lost job. In the end she fairs much better than ever expected while her ex ends up with Rose's young assistant and the young assistant gets Rose's job. The ex, Nathan, gets carried away by lust (typical) with his life spiraling out of control after leaving Rose - he truly is a wimp. A boring read at times and full of cliches."
"This story is about Rose and her Marriage to Nathan. Nathan leaves rose after 25 years of marriage for Rose's young assistant at the news paper where they all work. Rose is asked to leave and the girlfriend gets her job. Also, the happy couple wants the house where rose and nathan raised their kids.
I kept waiting for Rose's big "revenge" as the title would imply - but it never happened. I guess it was just that in the end, she did not care anymore."
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