Two Hearts Vulnerable

I don't know anything about the card game, Bridge. But today, during my glorious, volunteer time with the elderly, I met a true aficionado named Leah. I've seen her in the dining room before, but have never really spoken in depth with her 'til today. And boy, oh boy, what an eye-opening conversation had we.

She's 93 years blessed and has lived quite an interesting life. Originally from Michigan, she married there and had three children (two girls and a boy). While playing Bridge at a tournament in Michigan, she met a married man who lived in New York City. Long story short, they fell in love, left their respective spouses and got married!

Since the new hubby was in the tv business in New York City, she packed up her kids and moved to be with him. Ending their marriage devastated her first hubby. He shortly thereafter suffered a nervous breakdown. He eventually got himself back together and wound up marrying a friend of theirs. Just like me, he must have believed all's fair in love and war!

Leah turned her love affair into a book: Two Hearts Vulnerable. The novel's title marries her affair to her love of Bridge. I tell ya, I'm gonna have to buy this darn book! I wanna read all the stuff she might have...um...forgotten to tell me today! Haaa!

This is what Barnes & Noble wrote about Leah and her book:

"Leah Jay graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and went on to write articles published in Harper's Bazaar, the NEW York Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, Women's Wear Daily, the Detroit News and the New York Times. She is a Silver Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League and has been published in the ACBL Bulletin. She conceived and wrote 10 documentaries on The Great Museum Cities of the World. An award winning series which played on public television. She wrote "The Champions" for NBC and the nationally syndicated NASCAR racing show entitled 'The Racers.'"

Novel's Overview:

"Rae Weller loved her husband. But early on she faced the fact that she was never "in love" with him. She didn't really believe that there was such a thing as "in love." Oh, she'd been around the block a few times, it never really meant anything beyond a guarantee for a bridge partner on Saturday night. An old buddy put it this way. Play well, pay well or lay well. Rae had never paid a professional. Then at a bridge tournament in New Orleans she met Matt Forsythe who couldn't play bridge at all. But the game he played sent shivers down her spine and sent her out to buy lace pantyhose. Was it the real thing? Two Hearts Vulnerable examines that premise from trick one."

When I return back to the residence, I'm looking forward to enjoying lunch with Leah again. The ol' gal has spunk and I like it!

A lot!