Elinor Lipman





Elinor Lipman

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in Lowell, Massachusetts, The United States
January 01, 1950

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Elinor Lipman is the author of eight novels about contemporary American society and a collection of short stories. Born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Lipman graduated from Simmons College where she studied journalism. She lives in Western Massachusetts and Manhattan, and received the New England Book award for fiction in 2001. Her novels Then She Found Me, The Ladies' Man, and The Pursuit of Alice Thrift are in pre-production as feature films.


Average rating: 3.55 · 12,255 ratings · 1,702 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors
The Inn at Lake Devine
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 2,359 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions
The Family Man
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 1,820 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions
Then She Found Me
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 1,867 ratings — published 1990 — 14 editions
Isabel's Bed
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 1,221 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions
My Latest Grievance
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 1,187 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 1,212 ratings — published 2003
The Ladies' Man
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 836 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions
The Dearly Departed
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions
The Way Men Act
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions
The View from Penthouse B
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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“It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with advanced degrees in Classics and in possession of excellent manners, can disappoint you as profoundly as anyone else.”
Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance

“There is an old Jewish story, an ordinary Jewish joke. A father was teaching his little son to be less afraid and have more courage. “Jump,” he said, “and I will catch you.” And the little boy trusted him and the little boy jumped. And when his father caught him he felt filled with love. And when he didn’t, he was filled with something else…something more. Life. (From the movie 'Then She Found Me.')”
Elinor Lipman, Then She Found Me

“That's how it was on Irving Circle and how I was raised: You made the best out of what was within reach, which meant friendships engineered by parents and by the happenstance of housing. I stayed with it because we both had queenly older sisters who rarely condescended to play with us, because Shelley was adopted and I was not, because Shelley had Clue and Life, and I did not”
Elinor Lipman, The Inn at Lake Devine

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