Anny Applebaum is sixty-five and writes The Viagra
Diaries, a San Francisco weekly column researching sixty-plus boomers looking
for love. She places ads on Internet singles sites and interviews men over
sixty. Is love possible in the Viagra generation? Divorced for thirty years,
Anny has given up on love and concentrates on her career. She is looking for
controversy and hopes that her column will bring her fame and fortune.
On a date, Anny meets and interviews Marv Rothstein, a
handsome, seventy-year-old, emotionally unavailable diamond dealer. Anny is
attracted to Marv, and they become involved in a torrid affair. But soon Anny
discovers that the elusive Marv is a serial dater prowling the singles sites
for younger women—and that he still sees his much younger ex-wife. Anny decides
to write a series of columns, modeled after Marv, about a man who can’t face
age, calling him Mr. X.
As Anny’s Mr. X columns gain recognition, she struggles
with her conflict about Marv, her career hopes, relationships, and her coming
of age.
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“I love this book! Barbara paints a funny as well as poignant picture of dating, romantic love, parenting an adult daughter, and sex after sixty. Barbara tells the truth and this book vibrates with razor sharp wit!”
—
Joan Rivers