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Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

Summary

A must-read for every woman who’s ever been underestimated - especially those of a certain age

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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: his mistress was Rose's colleague and friend, Minty.

Left alone in their once-happy family home, where she and Nathan had brought up their children, Rose started thinking - about the man she'd married, and how well she really knew him. About the carefree yet studious girl she had been before she met him.

Twenty years ago she had to make the choice between two very different lives.

Could she now recapture what she nearly chose back then, a life where she put herself first?


Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman
is the compelling and heart-warming novel from bestselling author Elizabeth Buchan.

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Praise for Elizabeth Buchan:


'Gorgeously well-written - funny, sad, sophisticated'
Independent

'Beautifully observed, with the insight and humour that one has come to expect from the author'
Times

'Compelling, compassionate, and aglow with moments of laugh-or-cry humour'
Mail on Sunday

'Buchan is a cut above the rest'
Sunday Mirror

About the author

Elizabeth Buchan

Elizabeth Buchan's previous novels include the prizewinning Consider the Lily, the New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, and her most recent book The New Mrs Clifton, which was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2017. Elizabeth's short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in a range of magazines. Elizabeth reviews for the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail and is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival. She has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott literary prizes, has been a judge for the Costa Novel Award, and she sits on the authors' committee for the Reading Agency. She lives in London.
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