- Hardcover: 260 pages
- Publisher: Random House USA Inc; First Edition edition (31 Dec 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679456945
- ISBN-13: 978-0679456940
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,147,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Nash Harvey, incurable womaniser and failing jingle composer, arrives at the Boston home of the Dobbin sisters, he is struck with a casserole dish. Not surprising, considering that Nash, onetime fiancé of Adele Dobbin, disappeared on the night of their engagement party, 30 years ago.
Fresh from a failed romance with a Californian reflexologist, Nash brings chaos to the Dobbins, all of whom have settled into a weary spinsterhood. Unintentionally, he leads everyone he meets to a truer knowledge of themselves, and the possibilities of a brighter future. Five distinct, but masterfully interwoven tales of the heart spin around the central, hilariously desperate mission of Nash, a man seeking to escape the inescapable.
Lipman writes with the wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen or Henry James. Her work ripples with startling segues into the perversities of male-female relationships. Yet for all this insight, her characters are drawn with companionable warmth. This is not a book about the bold and the beautiful. Her cast inhabits a twilight of TV dinners, greying hair and disastrous dates, yet they never lose their hope, or their capacity for love. A gourmet casserole of a book--drama, humour and understanding in equally generous portions. -- Matthew Baylis --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha
'Elinor Lipman is that rarest of things, a charming and funny writer who is also very wise. But your spouse will hate you for reading this book; you'll stay up late nights, shaking the bed with laughter.'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This was a well-written, light read. I could put it down but it was enjoyable and funny, especially at the beginning. The story did start to lose momentum half way through.
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This is a delightful book - clever, funny, warm and it even has a happy ending (unless you are the anti-hero, who gets his just deserts). Some set-pieces that had me laughing out loud.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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A book review told me to read this. It was correct. I did not laugh out loud but was pleasently pleased with myself when I was able to put it down. You have met him girls, in many disguises, and you always win! A book the female sex will have a deeper understanding of.
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