{"product_id":"the-dearly-departed-paperback","title":"The Dearly Departed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElinor Lipman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her trademark humor and warmth, the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies' Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine \u003c\/i\u003eexplores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fianc , brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she'd left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there's no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn't as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother's life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her trademark humor and warmth, the beloved author of \"The Ladies' Man and \"The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA. \u003cbr\u003eEveryone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiance, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she'd left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there's no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn't as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother's life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElinor Lipman is the author of seven books: the novels \u003cb\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Dearly Departed\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Ladies' Man\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIsabel's Bed\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Way Men Act\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThen She Found Me\u003c\/b\u003e, and a collection of stories, \u003cb\u003eInto Love and Out Again\u003c\/b\u003e. She has been called \"the diva of dialogue\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"the last urbane romantic\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eBook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e said of \u003cb\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Like Jane Austen, the past master of the genre, Lipman isn't only out for laughs. She serves up social satire, too, that's all the more trenchant for being deftly drawn.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Writers on Writing series. She received the New England Booksellers' 2001 fiction award for a body of work.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.02 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749408375072,"sku":"9780375724589","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78a590e33080d481b5cd2c8f9aaf219f.webp?v=1779931938","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dearly-departed-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}