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Elinor Lipman
"From one of the most beloved comedic writers of our time comes a charming, laugh-out-loud tale of love and criminality, a pitch-perfect romantic comedy from the author of Ms. Demeanor"--
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From the author of Ms. Demeanor--one of the most beloved comedic writers of our time--comes a charming, laugh-out-loud tale of love and criminality, a pitch-perfect romantic comedy.
"Over the course…
In 1962 Vermont, Natalie’s mother is told that a summer resort does not accept Jews. When Natalie tries to enter the world that has excluded her, she succeeds beyond her…
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Elinor Lipman (@elinorlipman) chronicles the 2012 election season with a poem a day–all in 140 characters or less.
In a delightful new romantic comedy from Elinor Lipman, one woman’s trash becomes another woman’s treasure, with deliriously entertaining results –
From the author of the bestselling The Inn at Lake Devine and Isabel’s Bed comes a delicious novel about a woman jilted at the alter and a man who has…
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Ms. Demeanor is a complete and utter delight. Of course it is. What Elinor Lipman novel isn’t? –Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are …
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From one of America's most beloved contemporary novelists, a delicious and witty story about love under house arrest in Manhattan.
Faith Frankel buys a sweet but dilapidated bungalow in the hope of a peaceful life. When a policeman knows on the door, she discovers that the history of her new…
Will Rachel Klein bring down the President? Or will he manage to do that all by himself?
A moving collection of essays by the novelist Elinor Lipman who portrays our most painful emotions coexisting with the humor that makes them bearable. (Washington Post)
Workaholic wallflower Alice Thrift, a socially inept surgical intern at a Boston hospital, is pursued romantically by Ray Russo, a social- climbing, somewhat shady purveyor of carnival fudge, until her…
A hysterical phone call from his ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend Henry Archer’s well-ordered life to bring him back into contact with the child he adored…
From the author of The Inn at Lake Devine comes a pitch-perfect novel abouta young woman, too smart for her own good, and the chaos that ensues when herpath crosses…
A marvelous, quirky novel ( The Boston Globe ) by the author of Then She Found Me . When Harriet Mahoney first sees it, Isabel Krug’s bed is covered in…
The immensely popular author of The Ladies’ Man and The Inn at Lake Devine presents this delightfully quirky novel about a small-town girl who discovers that going home again can…
Unmarried at age thirty, Melinda LeBlanc grows tired of helping her dull former classmates plan their weddings and wonders why her romantic interludes are limited to an occasional meaningless horizontal…
A straight-talking comic novel with a silver-tongued anti-hero.
A comedy of manners that encompasses amateur dramatics, drive-by shootings, political campaigns, and golf.
The stunning new novel from a sparkling comic writer who is on the brink of stardom.
A sister story about love, loneliness, and new life in middle age, from the author of The Family Man and The Inn at Lake Devine.
This is the story of what happens to a Latin teacher’s quiet life when her biological mother, a flamboyant talk-show hostess, decides to track down her daughter after having given…
In a delightful new romantic comedy from Elinor Lipman, one woman’s trash becomes another woman’s treasure, with deliriously entertaining results.
]Rachel to the Rescue is a mischievous political satire, with a delightful cast of characters, from one of America’s funniest novelists.
An endearing romantic comedy from the beloved, best-selling author of The Family Man and The View from Penthouse B
The contents of a discarded high-school yearbook take on a new urgency in this light-as-a-feather comedy
