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I can't complain : (all too) personal essays / Elinor Lipman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.Description: xii, 161 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 054757620X (hbk.)
  • 9780547576206 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • I can not complain
Uniform titles:
  • Essays. Selections
Subject(s):
Contents:
My introduction and my thanks -- Meet the family. Julia's child -- The funniest and the favorite -- How to get religion -- Good grudgekeeping -- No thank you, I think -- Sex ed -- The rosy glow of the backward glance -- I still think, Call her -- A tip of the hat to the old block -- My soap opera journal -- On writing. Confessions of a blurb slut -- No outline? Is that any way to write a novel? -- Which one is he again? -- It was a dark and stormy nosh -- Assignment: What happens next? -- I touch a nerve -- My book the movie -- You author's anxieties: a guide -- Coupling columns. Boy meets girl -- May I recommend-- -- I want to know -- A mister and missus -- Monsieur clean -- Ego boundaries -- I married a gourmet -- I sleep around -- The best man -- Since then. This is for you -- Watching the Masters by myself -- We [heart] New York -- A fine nomance.
Summary: A winning collection of essays about home, love, cooking, politics, and the writing life from the acclaimed novelist.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 814.54 L764 Available 33111007191097
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the beloved and acclaimed novelist, a collection of witty, moving essays.In her two decades of writing, Elinor Lipman has populated her fictional universe with characters so utterly real that we feel like they're old friends. Now she shares an even more intimate world with us--her own--in essays that offer a candid, charming take on modern life. Looking back and forging ahead, she considers the subjects that matter most: childhood and condiments, long marriage and solo living, career and politics.

Here you'll find the lighthearted: a celebration of four decades of All My Children , a reflection on being Jewish in heavily Irish-Catholic Lowell on St. Patrick's Day, a hilariously unflinching account of her tiptoe into online dating. But she also tackles the serious and profound in eloquent stories of unexpected widowhood and caring for elderly parents that use her struggles to illuminate ours. Whether for Lipman's longtime readers or those who love the essays of Nora Ephron or Anna Quindlen, I Can't Complain is a diverting delight.

My introduction and my thanks -- Meet the family. Julia's child -- The funniest and the favorite -- How to get religion -- Good grudgekeeping -- No thank you, I think -- Sex ed -- The rosy glow of the backward glance -- I still think, Call her -- A tip of the hat to the old block -- My soap opera journal -- On writing. Confessions of a blurb slut -- No outline? Is that any way to write a novel? -- Which one is he again? -- It was a dark and stormy nosh -- Assignment: What happens next? -- I touch a nerve -- My book the movie -- You author's anxieties: a guide -- Coupling columns. Boy meets girl -- May I recommend-- -- I want to know -- A mister and missus -- Monsieur clean -- Ego boundaries -- I married a gourmet -- I sleep around -- The best man -- Since then. This is for you -- Watching the Masters by myself -- We [heart] New York -- A fine nomance.

A winning collection of essays about home, love, cooking, politics, and the writing life from the acclaimed novelist.

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