Ruth has worked in the Peace Corps in Africa alongside her friend Vivian years ago. Now married and with a son she is working in the corporate world, the very antithesis of what her ideals were twenty years before.
A chance encounter with Vivian and her husband Carlos bring it all back with Carlos constantly hinting at what she has left behind and the loss of ideals of helping out the lesser privileged. Added to that is Jeremy at work who has taken over her division with his own ideas and more importantly his main view of ousting her out from her position in the company.
Working in the cosmetics industry is a high powered job. It is also a job which focuses on youth and the young and the wanting to look young. In a moment of revelation Ruth comes out with an idea which is revolutionary. A make up look which will suit the middle aged. Not trying to look younger. Just looking their age gracefully and beautifully. It does not initially go down well and Jeremy is trying to use this to bring down Ruth and then get her out of his office.
Further plans in the offing materialise with Vivian and Ruth brainstorming and another successful business is born.
The story with a backdrop of West Africa and present day Manhattan is more a story of the friendship between women and the ties that bind. Both husbands are just secondary to the story!
It also looks at middle age with a tongue in the cheek humour which is very likable.
This was a free download from Amazon.
Sounds good :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed my book! And heartened that you zeroed in on just the things that were in my mind when I wrote it: corporate values/Peace Corps, aging, women's friendships. (Btw, I travel a lot but have not yet been to Sri Lanka. It's on my short list!) Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love to read about women's friendships. I wish someone would really come out with that makeup!
ReplyDeleteMe too!
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