An Available Man. Charmanter Mann aus Erstbesitz, englische Ausgabe

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When Edward Schuyler, a modest sixty-two-year-old science teacher, is widowed, he finds himself ambushed by female attention. There are plentry of unattached women around, but a healthy, handsome, available man is a rare and desireable creature. Edward recieves phone calls from widows seeking love, or at least lunch, while friends try to set him up at dinner parties. The problem is that Edward doesn't feel available. He's still mourning his beloved wife, Bee, and prefers the familiar routine of work, gardening, and bird-watching. But then his stepchildren surprise him by placing a personal ad in The New York Review of Books on his behalf. Soon the letters flood in, and Edward is town between his loyalty to Bee's memory and his growing longing for connection. Gradually, he begins dating, and just when Edward thinks he has the game fiigured out, a chance meeting proves that love always arrives when it's least expected