Elinor Lipman

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

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female

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http://www.elinorlipman.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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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.

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Books by Elinor Lipman

Average rating: 3.51 · 9,275 ratings · 1,416 reviews · 10 distinct works

	The Inn at Lake Devine 3.77 avg rating — 1,718 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Family Man 3.45 avg rating — 1,389 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Then She Found Me 3.39 avg rating — 1,522 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Isabel's Bed 3.52 avg rating — 983 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	My rating:
	My Latest Grievance 3.45 avg rating — 957 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.35 avg rating — 971 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Ladies' Man 3.40 avg rating — 611 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Way Men Act: A Novel 3.60 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Dearly Departed 3.55 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Into Love and Out Again: Stories 3.85 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Elinor Lipman

“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

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“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

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“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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