Elinor Lipman
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Twenty-nine-year-old Thalia moves into the basement of Henry's townhouse--her estranged, gay stepfather--after she agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a horror-movie actor--with hopes that it will further her own acting career--and the reunion and living situation prove to be beneficial to both Henry and Thalia.
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"Daphne Maritch doesn't quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother, who held this relic dear. Too dear. The late June Winter Maritch was the teacher to whom the class of '69 had dedicated its yearbook, and in turn she went on to attend every reunion, scribbling notes and observations after each one--not always charitably--and noting who overstepped boundaries of many kinds. In a fit of decluttering...
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"An endearing romantic comedy from the beloved best-selling author of The Family Man and The View from Penthouse B At thirty-two, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It's a peaceful life, really, and surely with her recent purchase of a sweet bungalow on Turpentine Lane her life is finally on track. Never mind that her fiancé is off on a crowdfunded cross-country...
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Lipman tells the tale of the maladroit, socially inept, and very appealing Alice Thrift, an intern in a Boston hospital who hopes to one day perform plastic surgery on the poor and disenfranchised. Her roommate, the hunky and charming Leo Frawley, a nurse in neonatal intensive care, does his best to help Alice adapt to the politics of the hospital. His quest is interrupted by his own love life and the entrance of Ray Russo, a man who decides Alice...
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Jane Morgan is a valued member of her law firm--or was, until a prudish neighbor, binoculars poised, observes her having sex on the roof of her NYC apartment building. Police are summoned, and a punishing judge sentences her to six months of home confinement. With Jane now jobless and rootless, trapped at home, life looks bleak. Yes, her twin sister provides support and advice, but mostly of the unwelcome kind. When a doorman lets slip that Jane isn't...