50 Onwards & Upwards

by Linda Mellor

Overview

Karen Knighton is a 53-year-old woman starting again after divorce. On her own with two failed marriages behind her and a lifetime of relationship let-downs, she is determined to get her partner choice right this time.She signs up for online dating and is matched up with 1980s man, an excited sales director, a work acquaintance, a daughter-obsessed dad, an older man, and a one-hit-wonder-has-been rock musician. Her close friends are also searching for love. Karen and her friends lookout for one another and experience a series of spectacularly disappointing but funny dates and unsatisfactory sex. Karen values her close friendships, but during a wine-infused dinner party, one her friends makes a life-changing drunken confession that leaves everyone shocked and wondering how many dark secrets she has and how it will impact on them.Inspired to help others over 50 stay safe and beat loneliness, Karen creates a website called 50 Onwards & Upwards. Just as it all starts to fall into place she is knocked down for the third time. It's onwards and upwards as Karen picks herself up once again.Set in Fife, Scotland, 2018.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156080427
Publisher:	Linda Mellor
Publication date:	11/15/2018
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	372 KB

About the Author

Linda Mellor (b.1965) is a freelance writer and professional photographer, and regularly writes magazine features and columns about the Scottish outdoor life and takes pictures. Linda loves the countryside, wildlife, seashore and the wind in her hair.

Born and bred in Fife, Scotland, she left for London in her early 20s and carved a career in search & selection. Leaving years of city life behind, she returned to the countryside and embraced her passion for photography, quickly followed by writing, and established herself as a writer and photographer.

Now in her fifties, novel writing has taken over. She's proud to have written and published '50 Onwards & Upwards' and is writing a second book due in 2019. In her book, Linda explores life post-divorce and failed relationships, searching for love and signing-up for online dating, lovers and bad sex. The importance of friendships, girl-talk, laughter and a glass of good wine. Embracing life over 50, with an onwards and upwards approach.