The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again Hot Flash Club Bk 2, Nancy Thayer. (Paperback 0345469186)

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The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again - Hot Flash Club, Bk 2
Author: Nancy Thayer

The fabulous women from The Hot Flash Club are back in top form, welcoming the stressed-out and pampering-deprived through their discreet spa doors?as Nancy Thayer returns with a witty, sexy, and heartwarming novel. The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again also introduces four new women, ready for massages and seaweed wraps, each struggling to reconcile... more » her secret dreams, biggest fears, and deepest feelings as topsy-turvy events shake up her life.

After eighteen years of trying to make peace with her husband's cold-as-ice mother, Polly vows to be the perfect mother-in-law: loving, accepting, and determined to keep her mouth shut. Then her son marries Amy, a Birkenstocked gal whose organic farm and family ooze a rather creepy serenity. Ever the optimist, Polly puts her best foot forward... so why does it end up in her mouth?

A shy and brilliant professor-to-be, Beth has lived a sheltered life. Then she meets Sonny, a rugged, sexy carpenter who sweeps her off her feet. The problem? Beth may not survive his loud, affectionate, athletic family -- especially when the very beautiful and earthy woman everybody wanted Sonny to marry is still hanging around the family dinner table.

Heiress to one of New England's oldest paper companies, Carolyn is the driving force behind the brand. Now, at thirty-seven, the workaholic executive is finally pregnant with her first child, and high blood pressure is forcing her to do something totally alien: relax. But how can she let down her guard when her seventy-something father has gone and eloped with a young bank clerk named Heather, whose rather plain looks and unassuming nature still manage to fill Carolyn with suspicion.

A free-spirited photographer, Julia has married a man she loves, but he's come packed with baggage. Tim is a widower with a young daughter, and Julia has bravely stepped up to the plate, doing her best to provide maternal support. But as if being pinned down by the child's slightly manipulative ways and (dare Julia say it) spoiled behavior wasn't enough, there's Tim's ex-mother-in-law, whose meddling is getting nastier by the week.

For Polly, Beth, Carolyn, and Julia, the time has come to stand up for what matters -- for their passions, their hearts, and themselves. As they maneuver through family drama and embrace unexpected change, they come to find that life is much easier (and a lot more fun) when you've got friends, wine, and chocolate along for the ride.

ISBN-13: 9780345469182
ISBN-10: 0345469186
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 368
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4.1 stars, based on 62 ratings

Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Debbie C. (grannyc) - , reviewed The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (Hot Flash Club, Bk 2) on 8/14/2006 + 160 more book reviews

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This is the 2nd in this series. I really like that I can relate so well to the characters in these books. If I had a keeper shelf, these would have to be on it.

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Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (Hot Flash Club, Bk 2) on 8/29/2021 + 1440 more book reviews

Pretty generic women-solving-each-other's-problems fare. Part of a series. The women of the original Hot Flash Club have opened a spa, the better to expand their friendly meddling. This time they help a pregnant executive uncover the swindle behind her father's May-December marriage, encourage a quiet young woman to stand up to her fiance's overhwleming family, and support one of their own as her back-to-nature daughter-in-law tries to keep her from seeing a new grandchild.

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Sherri S. reviewed The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (Hot Flash Club, Bk 2) on 10/13/2012 + 27 more book reviews

Great read. Nancy Thayer is queen of mature chic lit.

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Jody M. (pj) reviewed The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (Hot Flash Club, Bk 2) on 9/28/2006 + 208 more book reviews

Another good book by Thayer.

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Nina R. (britishladybooklover) reviewed The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (Hot Flash Club, Bk 2) on 6/8/2011 + 57 more book reviews

Good, quick read. Very enjoyable.

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Linda C. (harley-gal) reviewed The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (Hot Flash Club, Bk 2) on 12/3/2010 + 12 more book reviews

So funny and true!

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Gretchen G. (trunkshow) - reviewed The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again (Hot Flash Club, Bk 2) on 9/27/2009 + 11 more book reviews

Finally a series that places women 50 and over in a positive light!

I am so glad the second book continues to show the friendship and adventures of the original HFC members and introduces new characters. The women deal with life issues from births of grandchildren to death of an inlaw. Yet it isn't just humore for the sake of humor or dramatics of personality clashes. You'd think these were women from across the fence or down the hall at work.

Pleased that Nancy Thayer has given my age a series to which we can relate. We don't have to read dreamy over-the-top romances (unless we want trashy fiction), we can now read about women in a positive real life fiction - and laugh until we pee ;-)

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