The Viagra Diaries, Barbara Rose Brooker
The Viagra Diaries, Barbara Rose Brooker
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The Viagra Diaries

Author: Barbara Rose Brooker

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2012

Synopsis

Anny Applebaum is sixty-five and writes The Viagra Diaries, a San Francisco weekly column researching sixty-plus boomers looking for love. She places ads on Internet singles sites and interviews men over sixty. Is love possible in the Viagra generation? Divorced for thirty years, Anny has given up on love and concentrates on her career. She is looking for controversy and hopes that her column will bring her fame and fortune.On a date, Anny meets and interviews Marv Rothstein, a handsome, seventy-year-old, emotionally unavailable diamond dealer. Anny is attracted to Marv, and they become involved in a torrid affair. But soon Anny discovers that the elusive Marv is a serial dater prowling the singles sites for younger women—and that he still sees his much younger ex-wife. Anny decides to write a series of columns, modeled after Marv, about a man who can't face age, calling him Mr. X.As Anny's Mr. X columns gain recognition, she struggles with her conflict about Marv, her career hopes, relationships, and her coming of age.

About Barbara Rose Brooker

Barbara Rose Brooker, author of The Viagra Diaries is a native San Francisco author, journalist and performer. She writes a column, Boomer In The City, about love after sixty for The Huffington Post and the SFJWeekly.

About Barbara Rosenblat

Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most awarded narrators in the business, was selected by AudioFile magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the Twentieth Century. She has received the prestigious Audie Award multiple times and has earned more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has also appeared in film, television, and theater, both in London’s West End and on Broadway.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Diana on 2013-05-24 18:31:03

Loved this book on love for the older generations. Accurate and touching

Goodreads review by Jo on February 06, 2017

Anny Applebaum is a sixty-five year old woman who not only recognizes her wants, needs and desires .. she goes for 'em!! YAY ANNY!! As it happens, I'm sixty-five years old and I'm *thrilled* to have found a book that portrays women my age as strong, independent, outspoken, talented, determined and f......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on July 24, 2013

Fun romp about Annie Applebaum, a writer for a San Francisco paper who explores love and sex for "boomers" and examines ageism in our culture. Lots of laughs, too. Love the audiobook, Barbara Rosenblatt always gives a great performance.......more

Goodreads review by Merry on May 20, 2013

This book was absolutely hilarious. The 60+ crowd who are out there still enjoying life, dating and wining and dining all share the sames ups and downs as single 20's and 30's. I have shared so many excerpts from this book with co-workers. We have laughed until we have cried.......more

Goodreads review by Diana on December 08, 2013

I found this book to be oh so true to live and very amusing! My 75 yr old mother also read and enjoyed it very much!......more

Goodreads review by L on November 26, 2022

Sex & love after 60--in the world of on-line dating. This is a light read. Although this is not a serious book, I included the category of "social issue relevant" because Brooker, through Anny (a lifestyle columnist), abhors ageism. Unfortunately, despite Anny's mouth-talk, this book reflects ageist......more

Quotes

“I love this book! Barbara paints a funny as well as poignant picture of dating, romantic love, parenting an adult daughter, and sex after sixty. Barbara tells the truth and this book vibrates with razor sharp wit!” Joan Rivers

“Anny’s restless and sweetly funny search for true love, meaningful work, and a happy family is ageless—and a poignant portrait of a generation that’s not yet ready to fade away.” Publishers Weekly

“A smart, witty, sometimes hilarious coming-of-age novel for and about the boomer generation…This realistic and funny novel will appeal to women of all ages, while men should find it attractively controversial.” Kirkus Reviews

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