false 2116927 22 At fifty, Pippa Lee seems just fine. The devoted wife of a brilliant publisher thirty years her senior, the proud mother of successful twins, and a lovely and adored friend and neighbour, she seems to glow with feminine serenity. But when her husband spontaneously decides they should cast off Gramercy Park for Marigold Village retirement home, as a "preemptive strike against his decrepitude," Pippa finds her beatific persona unravelling in alarming ways. The truth is, the gracious woman of the present day has seen more than her fair share of the wild side. By seventeen, Pippa has lived with a Dexedrine-addicted mother, felt the first stirrings of sexuality with a school girlfriend, had an affair with a teacher, and run away from home, set adrift on a course littered with broken hearts -- until she found love and security in a family of her own. And now that seemingly established world, too, is in danger. In Pippa Lee we have an unforgettable heroine, and a quirky and acutely intelligent portrait of the many lives behind a single name. Even after we’ve read it, <i>The Private Lives of Pippa Lee</i> is a story that is still unfurling. 2122358 3 4 2008 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee total:345|5:29|4:92|3:137|2:65|1:22| 345 1076 707 83 3 2 true false Mon Nov 05 05:26:41 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 01 03:11:34 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 05:25:35 -0800 2007
Pippa Lee, 50, is married to Herb, three decades her senior. He suddenly announces that he wants to move to Marigold Village, a retirement community, and Pippa finds her life changing in ways she can't control.

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Not at all what I was expecting when I added this book to my wish list as a Richard and Judy recommendation I was really expecting it to be a humorous novel about a couple moving to a retirement village and the young wife causing chaos as we learnt of ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 21:48:39 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 21:48:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 08:38:19 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 08:48:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 06:26:57 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 06:35:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:56:23 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:59:52 -0700 2009 It's a bit confusing and sometimes as a reader you don't really know why you're reading about this moment in the character's life.
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Fifty-year-old Pippa lives a contented life with her much older husband, Herb. However, everyth...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 11:54:02 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 17:26:56 -0700 2008
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