Sunday, February 6, 2011

More Lipman Novels

I finished two more Elinor Lipman novels. I feel like an addict that wants to stop, but can't. I think I might be satisfied for a while...
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First, I read The Ladies' Man. This is probably my least favorite of her novels I've read before. If I had read it first, I probably wouldn't be on this particular "binge". But, it was interesting, and when you read so many novels by one author, you start to 'notice' things in her characters and style that you might not have noticed before. This was a story about three sisters, all impacted by the same man. He was a charming heel, and eventually they all moved on with their lives and he more or less got his reward. But this one! I really enjoyed Then She Found Me a lot. It had all my favorite elements of a Lipman story: interesting characters, a unique story line, funny events, and a happy ending.
Highly recommended. A movie was made of this one with Helen Hunt and Bette Midler. I don't usually like the movie version of a book I have enjoyed, but if it comes on cable, I might give it a try.