📮 12 Books by Elinor Lipman (.ePUB)

Elinor Lipman is the author of eight novels about contemporary American society and a collection of short stories. Born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Lipman graduated from Simmons College where she studied journalism. She lives in Western Massachusetts and Manhattan, and received the New England Book award for fiction in 2001.

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Then She Found Me

Then She Found Me (1990) April Epner teaches high school Latin, wears flannel jumpers, and is used to having her evenings free. Bernice Graverman brandishes designer labels, favors toad-sized earrings, and hosts her own tacky TV talk show: Bernice G! But behind the glitz and glam, Bernice has followed the life of the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-six years ago. Now that she's got her act together, she's aiming to be a mom like she always knew she could. And she's hurtling straight for April's quiet little life....

Isabel's Bed

Isabel's Bed (1995) Isabel Krug is a glamorous blonde with a tabloid past; Harriet Mahoney is a bookish single would-be writer, unlucky in love, who never takes risks—except one. She answers an ad in the New York Review of Books New York Review of Books , placed by femme fatale Isabel, who wants to tell her story and wants a a live-in ghostwriter. Isabel revamps and inspires Harriet as they gear up to tell all. In the course of this partnership, unexpected alliances are formed, and fulfillment is found where Harriet never thought to search.

The Inn at Lake Devine

The Inn at Lake Devine (1998) It’s 1962 and Natalie Marx is shocked when her mother receives this reply to her inquiry about summer accommodation in Vermont: “Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles.” It’s 1962 and Natalie Marx is shocked when her mother receives this reply to her inquiry about summer accommodation in Vermont: “Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles.” It was not complicated, as her mother pointed out. “They had a hotel; they didn’t want Jews. We were Jews.” For twelve-year-old Natalie, the words are an infuriating, irresistible challenge. She manages to wangle an invitation to join a friend on holiday there—and, as her obsession begins with the family that has excluded her, she sets in motion events that will change her life, and which will tie her forever to the once-restricted inn.

The Ladies' Man

The Ladies' Man (1999) Thirty unmarried years have passed since the barely suitable Harvey Nash failed to show up at a grand Boston hotel for his own engagement party. Thirty unmarried years have passed since the barely suitable Harvey Nash failed to show up at a grand Boston hotel for his own engagement party. Today, the near-bride, Adele Dobbin, and her two sisters, Lois and Kathleen, blame Harvey for what unkind relatives call their spinsterhood, and what potential beaus might characterize as a leery, united front. The book opens with the return of Harvey Nash, jingle composer and chronic bachelor. Despite his platinum tongue and roving eye, despite the scars and grudges, this old flame becomes an improbable catalyst, unwittingly nudging the sisters off the spots where they’d been stuck since he left Adele at the altar.

The Dearly Departed

The Dearly Departed (2001) When Margaret Batten and Miles Finn are found dead in Margaret’s gray bungalow, all of King George, New Hampshire, is abuzz. When Margaret Batten and Miles Finn are found dead in Margaret’s gray bungalow, all of King George, New Hampshire, is abuzz. Is it foul play? (No.) Were they engaged? (Yes, if you believe the cleaning lady.) And why do Margaret’s daughter, Sunny, and Miles’s son, Fletcher—perfect strangers until the funeral—have the same corona of prematurely gray hair? For Sunny, the shock of her mother’s death is compounded by finding out that her shy, sweet-faced mother was something of a late bloomer. Most helpful during Sunny’s return is police chief Joey Loach, whose interest in Sunny has long since blurred the line between civic duty and his fondest hope.

The Pursuit of Alice Thrift

The Pursuit of Alice Thrift (2003) Poor Alice Thrift, surgical intern in a Boston hospital, high of I.Q. but low in social graces. Poor Alice Thrift, surgical intern in a Boston hospital, high of I.Q. but low in social graces. Into her workaholic and wallflower life comes Ray Russo, fast-talking fudge salesman with upwardly mobile ambitions. Is he a con man or a sincere suitor? Good guy or bad? Her roommate, Leo Frawley, a charming male nurse who has a high threshold for Alice’s left-footed people skills, along with fellow resident, Sylvia Schwartz, woman of the world, don’t approve. Alice ignores them. As Alice herself announces on p. 6, “it’s about the weak link in my own character—wishful thinking—and a husband of short duration with a history of bad deeds.”

My Latest Grievance

My Latest Grievance (2006) Born and raised in a college dorm and chafing under the care of “the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization,” Frederica Hatch is starting to feel that her life is stiflingly snug. Born and raised in a college dorm and chafing under the care of “the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization,” Frederica Hatch is starting to feel that her life is stiflingly snug. But then, into this cozy but claustrophobic world, comes Laura Lee French, a wannabe Rockette and the new dorm mother at the lackluster women’s college where Frederica’s parents teach and agitate. Further disturbing the peace is the fact that Miss French—in the distant past—had been married to Frederica’s earnest and unglamorous father. Fearing scandal and campus glee, the three Hatches and Laura Lee attempt to keep their secret.

The Family Man

The Family Man (2008) A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer’s ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well-ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer’s ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well-ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a courtly lawyer, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now 29, an actress-hopeful, estranged from her newly widowed crackpot mother, Denise, Henry’s ex. She agrees to pose as the girlfriend of an unsavory actor who is forlornly down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry’s Upper West Side townhouse, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and he finds peace in the commotion.

The View from Penthouse B

The View from Penthouse B (2013) Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband, Edwin, when her older sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot’s luxurious Village apartment. Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband, Edwin, when her older sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot’s luxurious Village apartment. For Margot, divorced amid scandal (hint: her husband was a fertility doctor) and then made Ponzi-poor, it’s a chance to shake Gwen out of her grief and help make ends meet. To further this effort she enlists a third boarder, the handsome, cupcake-baking Anthony. As the three swap money-making schemes and timid Gwen ventures back out into the dating world, the arrival of Margot’s paroled ex in the efficiency apartment downstairs creates not just complications but the chance for all sorts of unexpected forgiveness. A sister story about love, loneliness, and new life in middle age, this is a cracklingly witty, deeply sweet novel from one of our finest comic writers.

Rachel to the Rescue

Rachel to the Rescue (2020) Rachel Klein is sacked from her job at the White House after she sends an email criticizing Donald Trump. Rachel Klein is sacked from her job at the White House after she sends an email criticizing Donald Trump. As she is escorted off the premises she is hit by a speeding car, driven by what the press will discreetly call ‘a personal friend of the President.’ Does that explain the flowers, the get-well wishes at a press briefing, the hush money offered by a lawyer at her hospital bedside? Rachel’s recovery is soothed by comically doting parents, matchmaking roommates, a new job as aide to a journalist whose books aim to defame the President, and unexpected love at the local wine store. But secrets leak, and Rachel’s new-found happiness has to make room for more than a little chaos. Will she bring down the President? Or will he manage to do that all by himself? Rachel to the Rescue Rachel to the Rescue is a mischievous political satire, with a delightful cast of characters, from one of America’s funniest novelists.

Ms. Demeanor

Ms. Demeanor (2022) From one of America’s most beloved contemporary novelists, a delicious and witty story about love under house arrest From one of America’s most beloved contemporary novelists, a delicious and witty story about love under house arrest Jane Morgan is a valued member of her law firm—or was 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 the only resident wearing an ankle monitor, she strikes up a friendship with fellow white-collar felon Perry Salisbury. As she tries to adapt to life within her apartment walls, she discovers she hasn’t heard the end of that tattletale neighbor—whose past isn’t as decorous as her 9-1-1 snitching would suggest. Why are police knocking on Jane’s door again? Can her house arrest have a silver lining? Can two wrongs make a right? In the hands of "an inspired alchemist who converts serious subject into humor” (New York Times Book Review) (New York Times Book Review) —yes, delightfully.

Every Tom, Dick & Harry

Every Tom, Dick & Harry (2025) 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. 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. Taking over her parents’ estate-sale business is not the life’s work that Emma Lewis bargained for. Yes, she grew up helping them empty people’s nests, but nothing prepared her for her biggest and stickiest “get”--the grand, beautiful house of ill repute masquerading as a decidedly beddable B and B. Should Emma turn down potential clients in need of decluttering just because they are shady, escort-y, and proud of it? No. A girl must make a living. Around some hairpin turns Lipman ingeniously reveals a straight shot to happiness.

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