Two
middle-aged divorcées--friends since college--find their plans to visit Paris
complicated by familial demands and the prospects of new love.
Jenna and
Maureen are divorcées who live in Seattle. The duo originally met as college
freshman while taking a French class and became best friends. They vowed that
after graduation, they would take a trip to Paris where they would "walk
in the moonlight along the Seine, tour the Louvre, and see the view of the city
from the Eiffel Tower." Maureen's unplanned pregnancy, however, forced the
friends to defer their plans to "someday."
Over the
years, Jenna, an ICU nurse, and Maureen, a librarian, married, had children and
divorced. Throughout 20 years of ups and downs, the two single moms emotionally
supported each other. Now middle-aged--with their children grown and
launched--Jenna and Maureen decide "someday" is now. Paris awaits.
That is, until Jenna's mother has an accident that brings an attractive male
surgeon into Jenna's life. Meanwhile, Maureen catches the attention of a
book-loving plumber who, working near the library, starts paying Maureen visits
in search of new reading material. The two women, bruised by the past, are
leery, but soon become lured by the prospects of new love. But what about
Paris?
Macomber (Cottage by the Sea, If Not for You) unspools several tender, romantic
story threads in Window
on the Bay. Through a refreshing role-reversal, the young adult
offspring of each woman--with complications in their own lives--prove sources
of unexpected wisdom to their mothers on the brink of change.
Ballantine, $27.00, Hardcover, 336pp, 9780399181337
Publication
Date: July 16, 2019
NOTE: This review
is a reprint and is being posted with the permission of Shelf Awareness. To read this review on Shelf
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