<div>Two sisters recover from widowhood, divorce, and Bernie Madoff as unexpected roommates in a Manhattan apartment in this humorous novel. 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. Praise for The View from Penthouse B “More delicious than my cup of steaming cocoa . . . tender, funny . . . The View from Penthouse B sparkles with wit.” —The New York Times Book Review  “It's all wonderful fun. Lipman sketches her characters’ foibles with amused affection and moves the plot forward with practiced ease. . . . Lipman’s fiction always honors an implicit contract to provide reader satisfaction.” —Washington Post “[A] shabby-chic fantasia . . . Lipman’s milieu is gentle comedy, and her novels gravitate toward optimism: They’re mischievous, sometimes wry, but hopeful of romance and redemption even in an emotionally messy world.” —The Boston Globe</div>

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The View From Penthouse B

<div>In this endearing romantic comedy, a young woman navigates the complexities of modern love as she investigates her new home&rsquo;s mysterious past. At thirty-two, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It&rsquo;s a peaceful life, really, and surely with her recent purchase of a sweet bungalow on Turpentine Lane, her life is finally on track. Never mind that her fianc&eacute; is off on a crowdfunded cross-country walk, too busy to return her texts (but not too busy to post photos of himself with a different woman in every state). And never mind her witless boss, or a mother who lives too close, or a philandering father who thinks he&rsquo;s Chagall. When she finds some mysterious artifacts in the attic of her new home, she wonders whether anything in her life is as it seems. What good fortune, then, that Faith has found a friend in affable, collegial Nick Franconi, officemate par excellence . . . Elinor Lipman may well have invented the screwball romantic comedy for our era, and here she is at her sharpest and best. Praise for On Turpentine Lane &ldquo;Light and tight, On Turpentine Lane is constructed with an almost scary mastery. . . . Lipman seems to have the most fun writing ridiculous characters, which may be why the novel&rsquo;s worst people are so enjoyable.&rdquo; &mdash;New York Times Book Review &ldquo;The cleverly tangled plot&mdash;along with some snappy dialogue and a wry, likeable heroine&mdash;makes Lipman&rsquo;s latest a diverting delight.&rdquo; &mdash;People &ldquo;With a witty cast of characters and her usual delightful dialogue and insightful observations of human behavior, Lipman . . . captures the complications of modern love.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

On Turpentine Lane

<div>A liberal New England college campus is a peculiar place for a girl to grow up in this &ldquo;lovable, psychologically intricate [and] bittersweet farce&rdquo; (The New York Times Book Review). Massachusetts, 1970s. Born to a pair of &ldquo;bleeding heart&rdquo; professors who live on campus as dorm parents, Frederica Hatch soon finds herself the unofficial mascot of Dewing College. Life is so ideal that by the time she becomes a teenager, Frederica finds herself chafing under the care of &quot;the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization.&quot; But she&rsquo;s about to learn that life isn&rsquo;t as simple or idyllic as it seems&mdash;even amid the manicured lawns of a small women&rsquo;s college like Dewing. A new dorm parent has just arrived on campus. Laura Lee French is glamorous, worldly, and the former wife of Frederica&rsquo;s father. Suddenly, Frederica sees her parents&rsquo; lives&mdash;and by extension her own&mdash;in a whole new light. &ldquo;May be Lipman&#39;s best work so far... Every page offers laugh-out-loud dialogue.&rdquo;&mdash;The Seattle Times</div>

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