Pear Shaped. As recommended by E Gallumbits of this parish.
It's so refreshing when a writer acknowledges that thing that happens when you hit thirty, when you become invisible to eligible men because they're conditioned to be attracted to women in their twenties. Something to do with ovaries, probably. I extrapolated that to women in their mid-forties, obviously, but it was so restful to have the loneliness of being 'out there' when you are past the age of being attractive, written into a novel, simply because it's true.. And to have every stage of a bad relationship documented. You can see the car crash coming (because you've done that very same car crash) but you can't stop it, because it's happening to a character in a book.
Thanks for the rec, EG. The main character (Sophie) was so much better-off without that fuckwit of a boyfriend, and sometimes in your life you need someone to tell you that.
Recommended for those who have recently been filed on the shelf by a fuckwit.