The Last Flirtation of Wren Talbot

The novel, The Last Flirtation of Wren Talbot, is a work of literary fiction that explores age, longing, and generational divided through the lens of a complicated, one-sided infatuation. The protagonist is Wren Talbot, 73 years old, twice married, and retired from a lucrative finance career in Boston. With roots tracing to colonial New England, he's polished, privileged, and stubbornly set in his ways. But when Wren develops a fixation on Janine Leonotti-a millennial arc welder with little patience for his charm or condescension-his carefully developed life begins to tilt, as Wren schemes for one final romantic fling. The Last Flirtation of Wren Talbot unfolds in interlaced vignettes-past student protest, failed marriages, awkward therapy sessions-culminating in a reckoning that is both absurd and poignant. Read more