I wanted to share a new addition to our Christmas Gift Guide 24: Sylvia’s Second Act By Hilary Yablon I received in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
Sylvia’s Second Act bring us the romantic adventures of a fashion fanatic protagonist experienced by a character quite a bit older than the typical rom-com heroine will not only keep you on the edge of your seat but laughing until your crying. More times than not this book reminded me of Thelma & Lousie or The Golden Girls.
I like how Sylvia decides to reinvent herself after she leaves her cheating husband in Florida, who, lost their retirement savings through bad investments. Syvia’s story follows her in her new life, the resulting family drama, and her involvement with her client as a wedding planner. The situations are hilarious as she navigates her life in New York City with her best friend who is 8- and just happens to be her roommate. Bring on the Cheesecake and let’s turn this book into a #Hallmark movie the sooner the better.
About the book:
Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore. She’s moving back north, to the City of her dreams—with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and Louise with Martinis in hand . . .
When sixty-three-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with the floozy of their Boca retirement community, she’s shocked and furious . . . at first. By the time her head stops spinning, Sylvia realizes that actually, this isn’t what she wants anymore anyway.
So she enlists her best friend, the glamorous older widow Evie, to join her in setting up a new life in Manhattan. Sylvia’s ex-husband may have lost her life savings, but Sylvia and Evie are scrappy and determined, unopposed to pawning jewelry and roughing it in tiny apartments.
And before long, Sylvia signs on to revive her decades-old Wedding planning business with a former professional rival. Sylvia has a lot to prove, and beneath it all, she can’t help but wonder: Will she ever be able to get back into the dating game?
Sylvia doesn’t want to be twenty-five or thirty again. Her age gives her wisdom, experience, and perspective. A career, sex, fun, and a new romance—her entire second act is stretched out in front of her, beckoning to her. It’s her time, and watch out, world, Sylvia is coming!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
