Four old friends meet for a festive
lunch. The afternoon passes, but the
party goes on. By the end of the eve-
ning, there are no secrets left among
them.
Except one, which proves to be the
most devastating of all.
Intelligent, captivating, and as she
admits, not entirely trustworthy, the
narrator of The Last Night at the Ritz
regards her approaching birthday with
wry amusement. She entertains few il-
lusions about herself and understands
from experience the rules and rhythms
that balance relationships between
women and men. She also knows
when to break the rules. Or, on this
occasion, to bend them a little to see
what happens.
She invites three friends to join her
for lunch at Boston s elegant Ritz-
Carlton. Two of them, Len and Gay,
are a long-married couple she has
known since college days. The third,
Wes, was once her lover.
But her party takes an unexpected
turn. The present intrudes upon their
celebration. Secrets slip out, and
gradually the narrator is drawn closer
to a confrontation with the future that
she must face alone.
The hopes and fears and pleasures
of Elizabeth Savage s memorable
characters shine throughout The Last
Night at the Ritz and enhance the
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