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Author: Susan
Slater
ISBN: 9780982093894
Publisher: Bascom
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Men have midlife crisis at almost any age. I
think I might be convinced of that. It can happen at any time since
some feel insecure about their manhood and their ability to look and
stay young and feel desirable. Imagine being a luxurious hotel ready
to celebrate your 60th birthday, 35 years of marriage and your
husband’s retirement to find out that you have been living a lie
for over five years. This brings me to my review of 0-60 by Susan
Slater.
As the book enfolds Shelly and Edward Sinclair
are in their hotel room getting ready for their big celebrations.
But, Edward has other thoughts on his mind, that of his 24 year old
mistresses and breaking the news to his wife of 35 years that he
wants to call its quits. But, hats off to Shelly who does not cry,
explode or throw a temper tantrum, but walks out and goes home to
begin a new life on her own.
What is her first move?
She decides to buy a new house, start school and being a new career
as a massage therapist. But, before she can do this she has to deal
with an issue that faces many people today. Her elderly parents are
in dire trouble and when her sister calls all panic stricken about
the poor physical and mental conditions, Shelly puts everything on
hold and together for the first time she and her sister, Pam work
together to help get their parents the medical attention they both
need. The decisions were made fast and placing them in a nursing home
to be safe rather than alone and unprotected was something that both
sisters felt was necessary.
With her soon be
ex-husband hovering around her at every corner and trying to
orchestrate and run her new life, Shelly finally acquiesces to his
demands regarding the sale of their home and tries to begin her new
life which would now include men. But, taking things to fast and
drawing herself into situations too fast is not the wisest thing to
do.
Online dating can be dangerous and often lead to
unfortunate situations and meeting people that often fabricate or
weave webs of deceit and lies in order to reel in someone for their
kind of false relationships. People new to the dating scene need to
be cautious and never ever allow a first date to take place anywhere
near where you live or even give out your address. Shelly jumps into
too many relationships hoping to find a real one and soon learns that
she needs to put the breaks on and rethink what she is doing. Added
to her woes losing her father and visiting her mother in the nursing
home after the funeral. Her mother, like mine, has Alzheimer’s and
knowing so much about the illness, really helped me to identify with
her and her feelings when seeing her mother. However, knowing about
the disease and visiting many facilities helped me to make the
decision to have my mom cared for in her own apartment with great
aides to care for her where I can keep a close eye on her.
If
this was not difficult enough when Shelly and her son Jonathan go to
her former house disburse of the contents, she finds it trashed and
the locks changed. It is at that point that her son reveals a secret
that he has kept for over five years that might change his father’s
life and his choice of partner as well.
Plastic
surgery and a tummy tuck with all of its pain could not take away the
sadness that would soon follow caused by people who could not accept
the fact that she was moving on and others who decided to try and
hurt her. An unforeseen accident that was meant for her, an
ex-husband that went over the edge and more and a man who lied and
was too much of a coward to face her in person, helped to make Shelly
realize that life can really deal you some rough hands, but she is
definitely a survivor.
Her sister, who cannot
face the fact that their mother is in her final stages of
Alzheimer’s, a nursing home that she put on notice to make sure she
get safer and better care, and an ending to a novel that will astound
the reader and surprise you makes this a must read novel for everyone
that has ever gone through a messy divorce.
What happens to
Shelly and does the author tie up any loose ends? Why does her oldest
son keep her at arms length and what about her relationship with her
younger son? You will have to read this novel and find out for
yourself. Sometimes when you least expect it the greatest things can
happen when you are not looking. To find out what this means: Read
0-60 and find out why life begins at any age. Just ask me!
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