The Younger Man

by Sarah Tucker

The Younger Man by Sarah Tucker released on Dec 27, 2005 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373895658
• ISBN13: 9780373895656
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Red Dress Ink
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

interesting boardroom romance

In London as divorce attorney Hazel Chamberlayne nears her fortieth birthday her cynicism towards the opposite sex grows geometrically at the same time the empty nest syndrome beckons with her beloved daughter heading off to college. Hazel feels quite good with being a senior partner and believes life begins at forty, but also feels somewhat lonely having not dated since her own divorce. The firm has a new legal partner, Joe Ryan, who Hazel, shocking herself, finds quite desirable as she has not felt that way towards a male in a long time. Joe, though he has a live-in girlfriend and is ten years her junior, reciprocates her feelings. Though Joe makes efforts to prove not all men think with that head as he is falling in love, Hazel refuses to step out of her safe zone as she knows an affair with a junior partner could cause havoc on the firm and besides he has a lover; no sloppy seconds for her. This is an interesting look at a boardroom romance between a senior female partner and the junior male newcomer; part of the profundity is the woman being the older person in the potential relationship. When the story line focuses on Hazel and her relationships with her ex, her daughter, her staff, and now Joe, the tale is top rate. When her zillion friends share the lead, the plot slows down under overload. In spite of too many sidebars tidbits, Sarah Tucker provides a compelling relationship tale between an older woman and THE YOUNGER MAN. Harriet Klausner

A Good British Hen Lit

Having enjoyed Sarah Tucker's first novel, but not her second, I was still interested in reading her latest release The Younger Man. Tucker has an interesting, breathless, and detailed way of telling a story that I have to admit intrigues me. Meet Hazel Chamberlayne. She is almost forty, beautiful, divorced with one child who is about to enter college. Being that she is a divorce lawyer, you would think that she was hardened and not looking for her true love. But strangely that isn't the case. She has a tight circle of friends (known as "the girls") all with their own lives and love problems. And things are OK. Then Joe Ryan starts at her firm, and she is forced to work closely for him. Despite the fact that Joe has a girlfriend of 12 years, they are instantly very attracted to each other. After a date and a non-kiss, Hazel tries to distance herself from him. Joe meanwhile decides that he is in love with Hazel, and breaks off his 12-year relationship with his girlfriend. At the same time as all of this, Hazel's friends have dramas of their own. One of her close friends is getting married, and one of her other friends discovers a malignant lump in her breast. The Younger Man has the elements of Tucker's first novel that I liked: the first-person, present-tense narrative, the in-depth (sometimes too in-depth) details and conversations, and the suspenseful romance sideplot. The writing itself however is a bit to digest at times, what with the single quote marks around dialogue that can be confusing to American readers. The character also often goes into thoughts in the middle of a narrative, which can be confusing. Somehow though it comes together as a decent novel. I was a little disappointed with the plot and choices that Hazel makes. But overall, this was a decent, if unusual, British chick lit novel that many henlit fans will enjoy. But don't be fooled by the title; this book is barely about dating a younger man, but more about a woman turning 40 and deciding what to do with her life.