sanadw 's review for:

The Widow's Guide to Sex and Dating by Carole Radziwill

4.0

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I gotta say I enjoyed this book. When we go through a major life change - marriage, becoming a mother, death of a close loved one, divorce, we all go through a shaky period to find out who we are in light of these changes. And not all of us are as fast and successful at reinventing ourselves as Madonna. Claire has identified with being merely Charlie's wife and although she was not ecstatically happy with that label, she was content. When she was forced to come to terms with who she was and what she wanted, there were some bumps in the road. And naturally she had an affair with the man her husband had all but picked out for her. But in the end, she does make her own choices, write her own book and live in her own way (even if she does end up with another man). Not sure if her choice of Ben was a final breaking away from her dead husband or a lasting thing - but I felt there was some closure.

The writing was witty and elegant. Sort of reminded me of Sex and the City (book not tv show) only slower paced, less choppy and more refined.