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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In this witty, feel-good sequel to Younger—the hit TV series from the creator of Sex and the City starring Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff—this romantic comedy of midlife reinvention follows a woman torn between New York and Los Angeles, career ambition and second-chance love.
New York or Los Angeles? Romance or commitment? Younger…or older?
Liza Miller never dreamed anyone would be interested in her life—let alone turn it into a bestselling novel. But everything changes when, on the eve of her fiftieth birthday, she publishes Younger, a thinly veiled story about a woman posing as a millennial, and her old friend Kelsey sets out to adapt it for television.
Soon Liza is swept into the fast-paced world of Hollywood, heading to Los Angeles to help write the pilot. But chasing this new opportunity means leaving behind her on-again, off-again boyfriend Josh, her pregnant daughter, and her fiercely loyal best friend Maggie in New York.
As Liza navigates writers’ rooms, studio notes, and the intoxicating pull of a new life, she meets Hugo Fielding—a charming, flirtatious British actor who blurs the line between professional chemistry and something more. With one foot in her past and the other in an uncertain future, Liza must decide what—and who—she truly wants.
Warm, hilarious, and sharply relatable, this uplifting women’s fiction novel explores midlife transformation, second chances, career reinvention, and modern romance, proving it’s never too late to start over and become the person you were meant to be.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Redmond's lackluster sequel to Younger picks up with writer Liza Miller at 49 after she's scored a hit with a novel, also titled Younger, about a 40-something posing as a 20-something thanks to some hair dye and tight jeans. The book is now being adapted for TV (just as Redmond's Younger was), and Liza butts heads with Stella Power, the difficult young star slated to play the lead, after Stella proposes ridiculous rewrites in order to get her ex-boyfriend Hugo Fielding cast in the show. Hugo is cast, and he and Liza hit it off, though Liza's wary that Hugo might be a player. Josh, Liza's younger ex-boyfriend, pops up now and again, his presence reminding her of her intense attraction to him, though Liza is convinced their relationship can't be rekindled because he's interested in having children and she isn't. Redmond touches on a couple of unique problems, such as how to deal with one's life being cannibalized for television, but she doesn't explore them in a meaningful way and instead focuses on manufactured drama many people would wish they could have, such as the attention of two highly attractive men. Fans of Younger the book or the show may like seeing familiar characters again, but others can take a pass
