Wendy Salisbury

toyboy: noun (colloq) A young man who is usually considered physically attractive and who has someone much older and wealthier than himself as his lover.While not all of Wendy Salisbury’s boys fitted this description, we were treated to a smorgasbord of males from all walks of life: artists, cops, plumbers, sailors, wealthy businessmen, writers, yoga teachers, stock brokers, real estate agents. Starting and ending with holiday “romances”, Wendy takes us on a witty and highly entertaining romp through twenty years of her liaisons. Not limiting her sources of toyboys to bars, lectures and social occasions, Wendy also shares with us her experiences with ads in the personals, internet dating and some highly erotic emails and text messages. She tells it like it is, has an easy, unpretentious style, can be self-deprecating at times and has a brilliantly clever turn of phrase. She is brave enough to candidly recount her disappointments and errors of judgment as well as many very satisfying encounters, and the dominatrix scenario is simply hilarious! Wendy makes some perceptive observations about people and relationships and doesn’t hesitate to bare her soul, all the while still keeping us laughing out loud. Wendy has done what most “women of a certain age” only fantasise about, and has come through it relatively unscathed. If my husband ever decides to leave me for a younger (or, for that matter, an older) woman, I now know I won’t be sitting at home crying….A funny, witty, entertaining and highly readable book.… (mais)