Enough Really is Enough

Lucie, a 60-something woman is in a relatively long-term, but part-time, relationship with Richard who all her friends know isn't right for her - she suspects what they say is true but fear of being on her own stops her from challenging him. Eventually though, she has enough of his sketchy behaviour and tells him to go, hoping that it will be a jolt to his complacency and prove to be just a break. To her joy when he returns after a while, he says those three little words she's been longing to hear going so far as even giving her a 'commitment' ring. Lulled into what proves to be a false sense of security, she's devastated when shortly afterwards he dumps her. Friends rally round but it takes an unexpected revelation to jolt her out of her self-pity. Shortly afterwards, by chance, she bumps into a good-looking man who pursues her. As she comes to realise he's much younger than her, she wonders if it's appropriate but his persistence plus incredible sex makes him much too hard to give up. After a wonderful weekend away, she finds out he's been living a lie but his explanation persuades her to continue. Her world is rocked when she is diagnosed with breast cancer; she goes through a mastectomy followed by radiotherapy after which she endures the trials and tribulations of coping with a false breast. Along with all this, Covid strikes the world which means she loses her work. Desperate for money, she takes in a transvestite lodger who proves to be a life-saver in many ways. She is suddenly faced by a dilemma with her new man - can she continue when his thinking about how a relationship should be conducted is so different to her own? And then, out of the blue, Richard returns wanting to rekindle their romance. She agrees to meet him for dinner - will she accept his proposal?

• | Author: Vivien Heim
• | Publisher: Booktrail Publishing
• | Publication Date: Sep 22, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 262 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1637679955
• | ISBN-13: 9781637679951