I Can't Complain: (all Too) Personal Essays Paperback - 2014

Summary

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Lipman is always in top form as an essayist. New York Times Book Review
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.
In these stories you ll find the lighthearted as well as the serious and profound. 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.
Engaging and moving . . . Whether or not one is a Lipman fan before reading this collection, he or she most certainly will be by the time the final page is turned. Publishers Weekly

Full of wit and charm, along with some trenchant observations. Seattle Times
A feast of bite-sized morsels of humor and wisdom. Kirkus Reviews

[author photo] ELINOR LIPMAN is the author of ten novels, including The View from Penthouse B, Then She Found Me, and The Inn at Lake Devine. Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus was published in 2012. She lives in Massachusetts and New York City.

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Citations

• New York Times Book Review, 06/29/2014, Page 28