The Widows Guide to Sex and Dating, Carole Radziwill
The Widows Guide to Sex and Dating, Carole Radziwill
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The Widow's Guide to Sex and Dating

Author: Carole Radziwill

Narrator: Carole Radziwill

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/11/2014

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

A deliciously smart and funny debut novel about loss, libido…and true loveA decade ago, Claire Byrne, now thirty-two, put her biggest career aspirations and deepest personal desires on hold when she became the wife of Charlie Byrne, the famous sexologist and man about town. Equal parts Alfred Kinsey and Warren Beatty, Charlie is charming yet pompous, supportive yet unfaithful, a firm believer that sex and love can’t coexist. When Charlie is killed one day, in an absurd sidewalk collision with a falling sculpture (a Giacometti, no less!), his death turns Claire’s world upside down. She misses Charlie. She needs to reinvent herself. As unseemly as it may be to admit it, she longs to lose her “widow’s virginity.” And she wants love.Over the course of a year, Claire eats too little and drinks too much. She sees first-and second-opinion shrinks, the Village griot, a psychic, and a “botanomanist.” She dates a billionaire, a journalist, a hockey player, and even Jack Huxley—the movie star.And, as Claire moves on from Charlie and searches for herself, she comes to realize she’s been given a second chance to live the meaningful and passionate life that passed her by once before.Listeners of Carole Radziwill’s debut memoir, the lauded and New York Times bestselling What Remains, know well that she has a particular talent for writing about friendship, loss, and love. And listeners of The Widow’s Guide to Sex and Dating will discover that those gifts extend delightfully and tenderly to the literary screwball comedy. In spinning Claire’s story, Radziwill limns a world where glamorous movie stars fall for brainy working girls and where true friends must be leaned on until true love arrives, and she reports back with a novel that is as romantic as it is funny and wise.

About Carole Radziwill

Carole Radziwill earned a BA at Hunter College and a master’s degree at New York University. She spent more than a decade at ABC News, where she reported on stories around the world and earned three Emmys. In 2005 she wrote her first book, What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love, which spent over twenty weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List. She lives in New York City and has appeared on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on August 16, 2013

On the plus side, I think Carole Radziwill writes beautifully. The way she deploys language, in and of itself, is quite lovely. However, here that skill is used to absolutely no end. The plot, engaging and amusing at the start of the novel, quickly turns flimsy, then flimsier, then ultimately gets b......more

Goodreads review by Megan on October 14, 2024

2.5 stars. reading all Real Housewives books reading vlog: [URL not allowed] this is one step away from the depressed-women-genre but instead she's s*x crazed......more

Goodreads review by Caryne on February 22, 2014

I was so excited for this book, and it just fell flat. Such potential since the author's writing style is lovely at times; however, it was just a bore with zero character development.......more

Goodreads review by Dana on May 13, 2014

The Widow's Guide To Sex And Dating was written with the dry witty humor I've come to love. The bizarre and tragic accident that crushed Claire's husband to death set the tone for the book: humorous yet serious, and was similar to the style of books like The 100 Year Old Man. Recently widowed Claire......more

Goodreads review by Terri on September 02, 2015

Personally I love this book...it is what it promises to be - an unpretentious, funny, quirky, good read. I'm slightly baffled by some of the other reviews and can only think that the disappointment stems from mismanaged expectations. This is not a continuation of the author's original memoir - no on......more