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'Fresh, compassionate and alarmingly perceptive, this is a novel about an all-too-familiar situation, whose richness lies in its constant capacity to surprise' - SIAN PHILLIPS
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Rose Lloyd was the last to suspect that Nathan, her husband of over twenty years, was having an affair, and that he was planning to leave her. But the greatest shock was yet to come: for his mistress was Rose's colleague and friend, Minty. Then Rose started thinking about the man she married. Twenty years ago she had to make the choice between two very different lives. Could she recapture what she nearly chose back then, and bring new meaning to her life now?
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm not into women's books. They annoy me much in the same way that a veruca will annoy you. However the case of "Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman" I will make an exception to my rule, well who said rules weren't made to be bent whenever is necessary!
This is a deliciously entertaining book about Rose, her adulterous husband Nathan, the other woman, the diabolical Minty (a rather fragile she devil) and Rose's oddball grown up children Poppy and Sam.
The plot centres around Nathan's affair with the brittle but beautiful Minty and the affect it has on Rose, his wife of many years. When the affair finally becomes public Rose has lost not only her husband but her job too. However Rose is more resilient than she thinks and bit by bit she finds herself shedding her previous life, and heading down a path she might have taken if she had not chosen to marry Nathan.
Add to this a cast of quirky characters like Rose's eccentric mother Ianthe, an ancient cat called Parsley, Richard, the man Poppy marries suddenly in Thailand, a suicidal ex-girlfriend of Sam's and Hal the man Rose might have taken up with if she hadn't chosen Nathan and you have a novel to make you laugh and cry in the same breath.
Page by page we are treated to Rose's rebirth as a new woman, no longer in Nathan's shadow, no longer the wronged wife. With each trial and tribulation Rose rises to the fore and survives even the most bitter of blows. Like when she is forced to sell the marital home she finds herself able to exhale and move on to the next task at hand. And in the background Nathan is finding that life with the "other" woman isn't all it is cracked up to be and that Rose the wife that he had complained confined him, is now the one that is free.
Funny, heart rending and totally absorbing, "Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman" is a book for those people who can honestly go with the old Spanish proverb, "Living well is the best revenge..."
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Elizabeth Buchan explores the devastation of a betrayal with huge sensitivity. You really identify with the characters and you live and breath them until the very end...which in itself is wonderful. Every woman has lived through this experience in some way whether as wife, girlfriend or mistress and no one can fail to be moved by it. It is unputdownable and when you finish it you really miss it and want to read it all over again.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
absolutley amzing book. down to earth, realistic and gritty. you cry when she cries and laugh when she laughs. the characters are so believable you feel like you have known them for years. it is one of those books that you wish wouldnt end, it is that enjoyable.
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a good novel but ...
I enjoyed this novel about a husband's infidelity, the ending of the marriage and a wife finding herself again. Read more
Published 2 months ago by maryeliza
Every Middle Aged Woman Should Read This !
I picked this book up in a holiday home and from the title and cover thought it was going to be another one of those mildly amusing 'laugh as you recognise yourself flabby in your... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. H. Fitzgerald
disappointing
Very boring book. I gave up reading it as I didn't want to waste any more time on it. Not original and very predictable. A waste of money.
Published 11 months ago by anna
Oh dear..
It was disapointing I expected more from the reviews I read which influenced me to purchase this book. Read more
Published 11 months ago by bellpoppy
Man changes wife for newer model - so what else is new?
A rather more gentle story than the title would suggest, this covers the fate of the wife who is abandoned for a younger model. Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2009 by Eileen Shaw
Wonderful, heart warming read....
The front cover of this book really leads you to believe it is going to be a sugary sweet chick lit sort of book, which it is not. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2008 by Aphrodite
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Nothing particularly exciting or memorable about this novel but as Elizabeth Buchan is a writer of such a high standard it held my attention. Read more
Published on 8 April 2008 by LindyLouMac
formulaic but satisfying
I read Elizabeth Buchan's books when I want to disappear into a perfectly crafted separate world where a story develops predictably and concludes as expected. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2007 by Sally T
Utterly predictable
Not badly written but not a whiff of revenge - the title must have been the product of the promotion department - and oh so predictable.
Published on 2 Mar 2006
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Really enjoyed this book. I have a habit of starting books and never getting round to finishing them - with this book, I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2005
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