The Perfect Time
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Last published Sun, Jan 26, 2025
Nell Goosen, forty-seven years old, meets Ben Zhang, fifty, at a beauty expo/hair show in Montreal during the winter. Nell is attending the hair show with her ex-sister-in-law Gretchen, a salon owner in their hometown of Marine, Michigan. She and Ben have both been roped into being unlikely models for the hair show competition. Ben's sister Yang is also a competitor and salon owner in Montreal. Ben, a charmer, and the shy Nell's attraction is immediate, and a one-night stand results in an unexpected pregnancy. Nell, celibate for years, has never been pregnant before, but Ben is eager to become a father after years of recovery from the alcoholism that almost took his life. Nell, in spite of her past with an alcoholic father and a sibling's suicide, finds herself falling for Ben. Will they be able to put the pain and guilt of the past behind them and look forward to a life together? Or will the distance and the scars from alcoholism and their dysfunctional families end the relationship? A bittersweet love story with working class characters and humor. Welcome to Ben and Nell's world, where there is never a perfect time for anything.
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