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false <![CDATA[The Pursuit of Alice Thrift]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg 459336 9 Meet poor Alice Thrift, surgical intern in a Boston hospital, high of I.Q. but low in social graces. She doesn’t mean to be acerbic, clinical, or painfully precise, but where was she the day they taught Bedside Manner 101? Into Alice’s workaholic and romantically challenged life comes Ray Russo, a purveyor of fairground fudge, in need of rhinoplasty and well-heeled companionship, not necessarily in that order. Is he a con man or a sincere suitor? Good guy or bad? His well-engineered cruise into carnal waters introduces Alice to a new and baffling concept, chemistry—and not of the organic kind. Is it possible for a woman of science to cure her own loneliness in the unsuitable arms of a parental nightmare? Luckily, Leo Frawley, R.N., who has a high threshold for Alice’s left-footed people skills, and Sylvie Schwartz, M.D., fellow resident and woman of the world, take on the task of guiding Alice through the narrow straits of her own no-rapport zone. “Almost nobody writes serious entertainment with more panache,” said the Chicago Tribune of Elinor Lipman. Now comes the novel Publishers Weekly is calling “surely her best to date...a triumph...a book you can’t put down.” The Pursuit of Alice Thrift showcases a rare and generous talent at the top of her witty, irresistible form. 447818 2003 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift total:486|5:52|4:170|3:172|2:72|1:20| 486 1620 614 79 830127 0375724591 9780375724596 72 19 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178742070m/830127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830127.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 4 2 false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 17:38:43 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 20:22:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 830127 0375724591 9780375724596 72 19 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178742070m/830127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830127.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 4 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Jun 05 19:51:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 20:03:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 3 0 true Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 09:02:23 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 09:13:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 3 0 false Mon Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 10:14:02 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 10:20:11 -0800 2009
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Alice is technically smart, but she's also naive and tends to take an anthropological approach to people. She's capable of developing a few social skills, but she never reall...more...]]> 830127 0375724591 9780375724596 72 19 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178742070m/830127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830127.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 2 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Jun 15 19:26:04 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 22:23:40 -0700 2007
The beginning is a little diffic...more...]]> 830127 0375724591 9780375724596 72 19 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178742070m/830127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830127.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 2 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 04 21:41:25 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 21:42:30 -0700 2007 The Inn at Lake Devine remains one of my favorite books, and Pursuit illustrates why: Lipman can really write female characters, and female characters I can relate to, which is incredibly, incredibly rare. She’s got a great protagonist in Alice—smart, poor social skills, makes dumb, self-destru...more...]]> 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 4 0 false Fri Sep 18 06:19:46 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 06:23:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:30:19 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:36:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1134546 0679463135 9780679463139 27 6 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift (Lipman, Elinor) 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181266344m/1134546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134546.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 3 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 21:35:32 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 11:46:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 2 0 false Fri Oct 02 09:23:33 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:23:37 -0700 2009
Not much else to write about this book though. Not much of a plot. Not much romance. No...more...]]> 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 2 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 22:46:55 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 22:55:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 1 0 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Mar 25 15:47:35 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 15:48:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 830127 0375724591 9780375724596 72 19 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178742070m/830127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830127.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 2 0 false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 11:40:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 11:43:24 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1134546 0679463135 9780679463139 27 6 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift (Lipman, Elinor) 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181266344m/1134546.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134546.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 1 0 false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 17:37:15 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 17:40:11 -0700 2009 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 3 0 false Tue Dec 08 16:22:29 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 16:26:47 -0800 2009 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 1 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Feb 12 15:19:40 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 15:19:40 -0800 2009 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 3 0 false Tue Jan 20 12:34:47 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 12:37:33 -0800 2009 459336 0007161204 9780007161201 385 54 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942974m/459336.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459336.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 2 0 false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:01:35 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:04:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 830127 0375724591 9780375724596 72 19 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178742070m/830127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830127.The_Pursuit_of_Alice_Thrift 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 21:52:12 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 13:51:25 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=459336