Elinor Lipman
Two sisters recover from widowhood, divorce, and Bernie Madoff as unexpected roommates in a Manhattan apartment ,Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband, Edwin, when her older sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margotâ€™s luxurious Village apartment. For Margot, divorced amid scandal (hint: her husband was a fertility doctor) and then made Ponzi-poor, itâ€™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 Margotâ€™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. ,â€œHer worldview? Her enthusiasm, her effortless wit? Just a few of the reasons we love Elinor Lipman.â€â€“,Boston Globe 
Fiction,Humor,Womens Fiction,Chick Lit,Contemporary,Audiobook,Adult,Adult Fiction,Literary Fiction,Romance,Womens Fiction
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