About the book: year / Love is the privilege of the young, says Mabel Dowell, and at thirty-six years old she leads a monastic lifestyle, shying away from men like the plague. Of course, this fear did not arise out of nowhere. In her youth, succumbing to a momentary attraction, she committed a rash act and in all subsequent years she paid for her frivolity. One day, a student daughter visits her mother for the weekend with her boyfriend, and Mabel suddenly realizes that when Cupid shoots his arrows, the last thing he thinks about is the age of his victims.…