Mr Wilson's Woman

A widower for two years, Billy Wilson goes on holiday with his son and daughter-in-law. While still missing his wife, Dolly, Billy feels twinges of envy and regret as he contrasts their earlier life together with the permissive and lavish world he sees around him on the French Riviera. If only he'd been born forty years later... When he meets an attractive younger woman, Jean, Billy faces a dilemma: for him to enjoy the sexual freedom of later generations may not be the simple choice he imagined. The novel is about making choices, Mr Wilson finds that there are some fundamental choices which may always lead to some lingering regret. He also discovers more about himself and the values he has lived his life by. Mr Wilson's Woman is an entertaining read; while curious to discover what Billy will do, the reader is prompted to ask: what would I have done?