An Available Man

Hilma Wolitzer

Center Point Large Print, 2012 - Fiction - 335 pages

When Edward Schuyler, a modest and bookish sixty-two-year-old science teacher, is widowed, he finds himself ambushed by female attention. There are plenty of unattached women around, but a healthy, handsome, available man is a rare and desirable creature. The problem is that Edward doesn't feel available. He's still mourning his beloved wife, Bee. When his stepchildren surprise him by placing a personal ad on his behalf, the letters flood in, and Edward is torn between his loyalty to Bee's memory and his growing longing for connection. Reluctantly, he begins dating, with varying results.

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User Review  - Dana - Goodreads

I curled up in a chair on Sunday and finished this really WONDERFUL book! "An Available Man," by Hilma Wolitzer is the newest novel by a writer I recall from many decades ago. She has aged over the ...

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User Review  - Adriana - Goodreads

This was a very sweet story, which I really needed to cleanse my literary palate after the last book I read. However, I did have some issues with it. The first half of the book was not really a ...

About the author

Hilma Wolitzer is the author of several novels, including Hearts, Ending, and Tunnel of Love," "as well as the nonfiction book The Company of Writers. She is a recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She has taught writing at the University of Iowa, New York University, and Columbia University. Hilma Wolitzer lives in New York City."From the Hardcover edition.

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Available Man; Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point) Series; Platinum Readers Circle
• Author: Hilma Wolitzer
• Edition: reprint, large print
• Publisher: Center Point Large Print, 2012
• ISBN: 1611733596, 9781611733594
• Length: 335 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Romance / General