Every Tom, Dick & Harry: A Novel
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โOver the course of more than thirty years and at least fifteen books, Elinor Lipman has been creating a singularly delightful and instantly recognizable literary universe. Lipmanland is a world adjacent to our own except the people there are more charming, the conversations are wittier, and love always prevails. Every Tom, Dick & Harry,ย weaves together estate sales, good and bad cops, and--get thisโsmalltown houses of ill-repute with effortless glee. Add sparkling dialogue, an improbably hilarious funeral, and one of the authorโs most endearing love stories and you have the Lipman Literary Landscape at its irresistible best. When events are too much to handle in the real world, there are few better breaks than entering this one. Passport optional.โโStephen McCauley
Taking over her parentsโ estate-sale business is not the lifeโs work that Emma Lewis bargained for.ย ย Yes, she grew up helping them empty peopleโs nests, but nothing prepared her for her biggest and stickiest โgetโ--the grand, beautiful house of ill repute masquerading as a decidedly beddable B and B.ย ย ย 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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Elinor Lipman is the award-winning author of sixteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Inn at Lake Devine, Isabelโs Bed, I Canโt Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays, On Turpentine Lane, Rachel to the Rescue, and Ms. Demeanor, a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Her first novel, Then She Found Me, was adapted into a film directed by and starring Helen Hunt, with Bette Midler, Colin Firth, and Matthew Broderick. Lipman was the 2011โ12 Elizabeth Drew Professor of Creative Writing at Smith College and divides her time between Manhattan and the Hudson Valley.
