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The Hot Flash Club
Author: Nancy Thayer

From the bestselling author of Between Husbands and Friends and An Act of Love comes a wise, wonderful, and delightfully witty “coming of age” novel about four intrepid women who discover themselves as they were truly meant to be: passionate, alive, and ready to face the best years of their lives. — Meet Faye, Marilyn, A... more »lice, and Shirley. Four women with skills, smarts, and secrets—all feeling over the hill and out of the race. But in a moment of delicious serendipity, they meet and realize they share more than raging hormones and lost dreams. Now as the Hot Flash Club, where the topics of motherhood, sex, and men are discussed with double servings of chocolate cake, they vow to help each other . . . and themselves.

Faye, the artist. A determinedly cheerful widow and connoisseur of control-top pantyhose, she’s struggling with creative block and an empty, lonely house. Now she’s got a tricky problem to bring to the club’s table: how can they catch her perfect son-in-law cheating on her only daughter Laura?

Shirley, the healer. Though her yoga-slender body belie her years, decades of dating losers and the strain of being broke make her feel her age. Shirley has a secret dream: a wellness spa that nurtures body and soul. But first she needs to believe in herself, in her abilities, and in her friends at the club.

Marilyn, the brain. A paleontologist who has spent so many years looking at dried-up fossils, she’s almost become one herself. Worried that her brilliant but nerdy son is about to marry the very wrong woman, she gets some help from the HFC, who transform her from a caterpillar to a butterfly, with amazing results.

Alice, the executive. Black and regal, she soared to the top of the corporate ladder. Now her shoes are murder on her arthritic back and the younger jackals are circling in for the kill. But as the inspiration behind the HFC, she’s about to discover something extraordinary: contentment.

For Faye, Shirley, Marilyn, and Alice, the time has come to use it or lose it—be it their bodies, their brains, their spirits, and their sense of fun. Together they realize that they can have it all, perhaps for the first time in their lives. And though what sags may never rise again, feeling sexy has no expiration date— and best of all, with a little help from her friends, a woman can always start over . . . and never, ever, give up what matters most.

ISBN-13: 9780345468628
ISBN-10: 0345468627
Publication Date: 12/30/2003
Pages: 336
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3.8 stars, based on 34 ratings

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Linda M. reviewed The Hot Flash Club on 3/28/2009 + 3 more book reviews

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I loved this book. I laughed out loud at parts of it!

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Jonna M. (ladyJ66) reviewed The Hot Flash Club on 1/11/2009 + 2 more book reviews

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I just finished this book and must say that I loved it ! I will be reading more books by Nancy Thayer.

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Patricia S. reviewed The Hot Flash Club on 4/4/2007 + 18 more book reviews

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you can laugh one minute and cry the next---great for ladies at that certain age and to see how these women came thru it with flying colors

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Sandra R. (SnuffyRich) reviewed The Hot Flash Club on 1/27/2010 + 8 more book reviews

This is the BEST book I have read in a long time and certainly one of the most cleverly written books. Nancy Thayer Introduces the reader to each the four women in a separate chapter. The next four chapters set up the situation in each woman's life which will bring them together in one place. They end that evening by pigging out on chocolate and forming THE HOT FLASH CLUB. The way each of them addresses a concern in her life with the help of the other members of the HFC is clever and unique. There were times I laughed out loud, times I cried, and times I was just D*** mad! I will DEFINATELY read the rest of the series.

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Linda L. reviewed The Hot Flash Club on 7/17/2009 + 21 more book reviews

Definitely LOL characters & situations. Loved it! Am going for the others in the series. Can't wait to discover the other scrapes the gals get into....& out of.

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Literature & Fiction >> Women's Fiction >> Friendship

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