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‘I love Elinor Lipman’s wit and lightness of touch’ Marian Keyes   ‘Elinor Lipman’s new novel is all comfort and joy – a masterclass in writing about small-town life’ Washington Post   Running the family estate-sale business in a small Massachusetts town is not the high-flying career that Emma Lewis imagined for herself. But her parents make an offer she can’t refuse when they move to the coast and invite her to take over their home as well as the firm. Their only condition is that she take a lodger: her former maths teacher Frank, whose unfaithful wife was recently struck dead by lightning. Reluctant at first, Emma discovers in Frank the ideal housemate: considerate, a romantic ally as they each start dating different generations of the same family, and even helpful with the business. But they realise they may be out of their depth when Emma wins the contract to empty a noted local mansion, only to discover it operated for years as a high-end bordello. Will her sale of the contents reveal the secrets of half the town? This charming tale of love and licentiousness behind a respectable façade is another pitch-perfect comedy from the author of Ms. Demeanor.

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‘Elinor Lipman’s new novel is all comfort and joy – a masterclass in writing about small-town life’ – The Washington Post ‘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 [is] the Lipman Literary Landscape at its irresistible best’ – Stephen McCauley ‘Quirky and fun, with bawdy wit’ – People ‘Enter a delightful small town of the kind only Elinor Lipman can deliver’ – BookBub, ‘Most Anticipated’ ‘In the delightfully reassuring rom-com tradition of Nora Ephron, the perennially mood-lifting Lipman is equally revered for her lovable characters, spitfire wit and happily-ever-after romantic escapades’ – Booklist ‘’If you’re a fan of Lipman, you’re going to love it. And, if you’re new to her, you’re in luck: her 14 other comic novels are all terrific’ – Minneapolis Star Tribune

‘In the delightfully reassuring rom-com tradition of Nora Ephron, the perennially mood-lifting Lipman is equally revered for her lovable characters, spitfire wit and happily-ever-after romantic escapades’ ‘Elinor Lipman’s new novel is all comfort and joy – a masterclass in writing about small-town life’ ‘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 is the Lipman Literary Landscape at its irresistible best’  -- Stephen McCauley, author of The Object of My Affection ‘Quirky and fun, with bawdy wit’ ‘Lipman’s fans and newcomers alike will be tickled’ ’If you’re a fan of Lipman, you’re going to love it. And, if you’re new to her, you’re in luck: her 14 other comic novels are all terrific’  ‘Enter a delightful small town of the kind only Elinor Lipman can deliver’

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Elinor Lipman was born in Massachusetts and is the author of fourteen novels. Her first, Then She Found Me, was published in 1990 and adapted into the 2007 of the same name starring Helen Hunt, Bette Midler and Colin Firth. She won the New England Book Award in 2001, and her novel My Latest Grievance won the Paterson Fiction Prize. Four of her novels are published in the UK by Lightning. She lives in Manhattan.

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