From the bestselling author of Between Husbands and Friends and An Act ofLove comes a wise wonderful and delightfully witty coming of age novelabout four intrep... » 

From the bestselling author of Between Husbands and Friends and An Act ofLove comes a wise wonderful and delightfully witty coming of age novelabout four intrepid women who discover themselves as they were truly meant tobe passionate alive and ready to face the best years of their lives.Meet Faye Marilyn Alice and Shirley. Four women with skills smarts andsecretsall feeling over the hill and out of the race. But in a moment ofdelicious serendipity they meet and realize they share more than raginghormones and lost dreams. Now as the Hot Flash Club where the topics ofmotherhood sex and men are discussed with double servings of chocolate cakethey vow to help each other . . . and themselves.Faye the artist. A determinedly cheerful widow and connoisseur of controltoppantyhose shes struggling with creative block and an empty lonely house. Nowshes got a tricky problem to bring to the clubs table how can they catch herperfect soninlaw cheating on her only daughter Laura?Shirley the healer. Though her yogaslender body belie her years decades ofdating losers and the strain of being broke make her feel her age. Shirley hasa secret dream a wellness spa that nurtures body and soul. But first she needsto believe in herself in her abilities and in her friends at the club.Marilyn the brain. A paleontologist who has spent so many years looking atdriedup fossils shes almost become one herself. Worried that her brilliantbut nerdy son is about to marry the very wrong woman she gets some help fromthe HFC who transform her from a caterpillar to a butterfly with amazingresults.Alice the executive. Black and regal shesoared to the top of the corporateladder. Now her shoes are murder on her arthritic back and the younger jackalsare circling in for the kill. But as the inspiration behind the HFC shesabout to discover something extraordinary contentment.For Faye Shirley Marilyn «