9781398710955_

When 63-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with their Boca retirement community floozy, she feels the emotions youd expect (shock, fury), but once she collapses in a booth at a bar late that night with her best friend, the glamorous older widow Evie, Sylvia allows herself to admit some things to herself: she hates Boca. Its for old people, and she doesnt feel old. While shes beyond angry with her husband, she acknowledges that she hasnt exactly been the best partner of late either, and that their relationship may have run its course. Sylvia wants to travel and have adventures. She sacrificed her own career potential to raise a daughter and keep house-and she doesnt regret it, she just also wants more for herself.

Sylvia decides it isnt too late to go and get the life she wants. She enlists Eve to come along with, and the two flee Boca for Manhattan.

What she doesnt anticipate is how unsupportive her daughter and husband are of her plan. Isabel is convinced her mothers "life of leisure" up to this point makes her "entirely ill-suited" for the work force, and she must "just make it work with Dad." Worse, her husband reveals hes lost their life savings, and he cuts off her credit card to boot.

But Sylvia and Evie are scrappy and determined, unopposed to pawning jewelry, roughing it at a NYC youth hostel and freshening up in a Starbucks bathroom along the way. Manhattan, careers, romance, sex, fun-their entire second acts are stretched out in front of them, beckoning them. Its their time.

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Hilarious, heartwarming and delightfully refreshing CAROL KIRKWOOD

I loved this joyous romp about starting afresh late in life DAILY MAIL

Will put a twinkle in your eye and a spring in your step. Fabulous fun! VERONICA HENRY

A feel-good tale of second chances. Heartwarming! THE TIMES

Growing older doesnt just mean growing wiser.
But it does mean a lot of fun...

When 63-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with another woman, shes shocked and furious . . . at first. But by the time her head stops spinning, Sylvia realises she hates the retirement community shes living in - its for old people. And she certainly doesnt feel old!

So, she enlists the help of her best friend, glamorous 70-year-old widow Evie, and the pair flee to Manhattan to start a new life in the city that never sleeps. Sylvias husband may have lost her life savings, but theyre scrappy and determined - and they werent born yesterday...

Before long, Sylvia is reviving her wedding planning business and even finds herself back in the dating game! And no matter what her meddling daughter thinks, its her time now - and shes determined that in this glorious second act, the best is yet to come!

Hilarious, heartwarming and utterly feel-good, Sylvias Second Act is perfect for fans of Heartburn by Nora Ephron, Grace & Frankie, and Sex and the City.

Praise for Sylvias Second Act:

A feel-good read, we love SylviaBELLA

Wickedly funny and utterly engaging. Sylvia is our queen! ALEX BROWN

A fabulous, feel-good read WOMANS WEEKLY

Joyful, feel-good fun with a feisty heroine you cant help but love! FANNY BLAKE

A first-rate novel of second chances that will have you laughing right from the start. Sylvia will show you that its never too late to reinvent yourself, especially if you have a good friend by STEVEN ROWLEY

Novelist Hillary Yablon gives readers hungry for a midlife romance a fizzy, delicious story we didnt know we needed. Take a bow, Sylvia, cause readers are gonna give this laugh-out-loud female buddy story made in Manhattan a standing ovation MARY KAY ANDREWS

Sylvias story hit all of my favorite notes - laugh out loud funny, action packed and ultimately redemptive. Its a love song to women of a certain age, and Ill be humming it for years to come ANNABEL MONAGHAN

A gem! Every page of this book is a delight KJ DELLANTONIA

Im ready to audition real-life candidates for the Sylvia to my Evie (or the Evie to my Sylvia)... These two are living the dream and getting up to exactly the level of post-retirement fun I want to have one day. Pure delight! MARY LAURA PHILPOTT

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'Hilarious, heartwarming and delightfully refreshing' CAROL KIRKWOOD

'I loved this joyous romp about starting afresh late in life' DAILY MAIL

'Will put a twinkle in your eye and a spring in your step. Fabulous fun!' VERONICA HENRY

'A feel-good tale of second chances. Heartwarming!' THE TIMES

Growing older doesn't just mean growing wiser.
nBut it does mean a lot of fun...

When 63-year-old Sylvia finds her husband in bed with another woman, she's shocked and furious . . . at first. But by the time her head stops spinning, Sylvia realises she hates the retirement community she's living in - it's for old people. And she certainly doesn't feel old!

So, she enlists the help of her best friend, glamorous 70-year-old widow Evie, and the pair flee to Manhattan to start a new life in the city that never sleeps. Sylvia's husband may have lost her life savings, but they're scrappy and determined - and they weren't born yesterday...

Before long, Sylvia is reviving her wedding planning business and even finds herself back in the dating game! And no matter what her meddling daughter thinks, it's her time now - and she's determined that in this glorious second act, the best is yet to come!

Hilarious, heartwarming and utterly feel-good, Sylvia's Second Act is perfect for fans of Heartburn by Nora Ephron, Grace & Frankie, and Sex and the City.

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Praise for Sylvia's Second Act:

'A feel-good read, we love Sylvia'BELLA

'Wickedly funny and utterly engaging. Sylvia is our queen!' ALEX BROWN

'A fabulous, feel-good read' WOMAN'S WEEKLY

'Joyful, feel-good fun with a feisty heroine you can't help but love!' FANNY BLAKE

'A first-rate novel of second chances that will have you laughing right from the start. Sylvia will show you that it's never too late to reinvent yourself, especially if you have a good friend by' STEVEN ROWLEY

'Novelist Hillary Yablon gives readers hungry for a midlife romance a fizzy, delicious story we didn't know we needed. Take a bow, Sylvia, cause readers are gonna give this laugh-out-loud female buddy story made in Manhattan a standing ovation' MARY KAY ANDREWS

'Sylvia's story hit all of my favorite notes - laugh out loud funny, action packed and ultimately redemptive. It's a love song to women of a certain age, and I'll be humming it for years to come' ANNABEL MONAGHAN

'A gem! Every page of this book is a delight' KJ DELL'ANTONIA

'I'm ready to audition real-life candidates for the Sylvia to my Evie (or the Evie to my Sylvia)... These two are living the dream and getting up to exactly the level of post-retirement fun I want to have one day. Pure delight!' MARY LAURA PHILPOTT

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