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A lonely art historian absorbed in her research seizes the opportunity to share in the joys and pleasures of the lives of a glittering couple, only to find her hopes of companionship and happiness shattered.

Tells the story of Edith Hope, who writes romance novels under a psudonym. When her life begins to resemble the plots of her own novels, however, Edith flees to Switzerland, where the quiet luxury of the Hotel du Lac promises to resore her to her senses.

A retired bank manager, who lives his life alone, gradually realizes that his careful life of routine needs to be changed, and so he makes a decision, somewhat prompted by encounters with two women.

Herz is seventy-three and facing the difficult question: what is he going to do with the rest of his life? A funny, Chekhovian examination of the bizarre and magnificent self-knowledge that only age and experience bring.

Modest, reliable, decorous George Bland faces retirement, surprised to find himself suddenly alone and uncertain. His solitude is brusquely overturned when the mercurial and invasive Katy Gibb appears. By turn sulky girl and sultry woman, Katy embodies an attitude of entitlement ...

This collection of 5 dozen pieces of literary criticism was published in the Washington Post between March 2003 and January 2010. It is a collection of Yardley's opinions of books that he believes are worthy of a second look. They scan the realms of fiction, biography and autobio...

A retired bank manager, who lives his life alone, gradually realizes that his careful life of routine needs to be changed, and so he makes a decision, somewhat prompted by encounters with two women.

A 73-year-old Julius Herz contemplates the difficult life question. How is it all going to work out? What shall I do before the end?