FICTION

The Widow Waltz

Viking. Jun. 2013. 352p. ISBN 9780670025640. $27.95. F
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Georgia is shocked when Ben, her perfect husband of many years, dies while training for the New York City marathon. Grief quickly turns to anger and disbelief when the couple's attorney tells Georgia that Ben left her and her two college-age daughters, Nicola and Louisa, without a penny. Their extremely upper-class New York City lifestyle was a sham and mortgaged to the hilt. Georgia and her daughters attempt to adjust to their new lives—they sell their posh Manhattan apartment and move to their on-the-market Hamptons beach house to regroup. Meanwhile, Georgia is on the hunt to solve the mystery of her husband and their disappearing finances. She has a lot to deal with—Nicola is considering dropping out of school, Louisa may be pregnant, Georgia's mother, Camille, is battling Alzheimer's, and a lovely man named Nat keeps asking her out. But Georgia's brother and his partner sweep in and help as they can, and Georgia finds an untapped inner strength that keeps her newly formed family safe and afloat.
VERDICT Koslow's fourth novel (after With Friends Like These) is well-written, page-turning domestic fiction about a family's reinvention and healing that will attract fans of Elizabeth Berg.
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