Elizabeth Buchan
14 Jul
Everything She Thought She Wanted
Original airdate: July 14, 2006
About the book: “It is the summer of 1959 when forty-two-year-old Barbara Beeching, a married mother of two grown-up children, meets Alexander Liberty. Adored by her family and admired by her friends, Barbara never imagined that an unexpected, tender and surprisingly passionate relationship with a much younger man was on the horizon. Will it change or destroy the only life she has ever known?
Forty years later, thirty-five old Siena Grant is at a different crossroads. Immersed in her challenging, exciting career as a television fashion consultant, Siena does not believe that happiness – necessarily – includes having children. But her husband, Charlie, disagrees. Can Siena give Charlie the family life that he craves, without sacrificing her ambition or her life? Or will children given her the kind of joy that she has never known?
Decades separate Barbara and Siena – years in which the lives of women have changed substantially. Or have they? Barbara and Siena ’s experiences prove to be surprisingly similar as they try to negotiate the demands of marriage, the deep feelings – and children – that lie at the center of life at any age.”
About the author: “Elizabeth Buchan lives in London with her husband and two children. She began her career as a blurb writer for Penguin Books and, later, become a Fiction Editor at Random House. Initially, she juggled writing with motherhood and her publishing career but, after the publication of her third novel, gave up publishing to become a full-time writer. She has never regretted it.”
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