Description

Within this sensitive and humorous book, award winning writer Hilma Wolitzer mines the unknown fallout of instantly getting solitary later in life, and the mayhem and pleasures of falling in love the 2nd time around. Ed Schuyler, a bookish and moderate sixty-two-year-old science teacher, is widowed when, he discovers himself ambushed by feminine interest. There are many of indifferent ladies around, but a healthier, fine, accessible guy is just an appealing and scarce beast. Ed gets telephone calls from widows seeking enjoy, or at least lunchtime, while well meaning friends attempt to set him up at dinner parties.