false 459337 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 459337 8 447819 2001 The Dearly Departed total:237|5:27|4:109|3:80|2:18|1:4| 237 846 316 25 63681 3.53 4541 777 68423513 1638542 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.59 226 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 4 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 23:52:18 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 10 22:38:45 -0800 2009
Her story has a great premise - the daughter of a single mother and the son of a single father learn...more...]]> 67955432 929195 1292639 0679463127 9780679463122 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182544652m/1292639.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182544652s/1292639.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1292639.The_Dearly_Departed 2.88 8 But then King George is full of surprises. Home for the first time since high school, Sunny finds herself reassessing the place. She has ample reason to regret her teenage years--she was poor, had no father, was the only girl on the golf team, found a dead carp in her golf bag one time. But how far can a grudge take you in life? Can we ever really know the truth about our parents? What state of mind does it take to shoot par? Lipman addresses such questions with her customary lighthearted touch, sketching out her ensemble cast with rapid and comical strokes. Witness, for example, anorexic congressional candidate Emily Ann Grandjean's most characteristic tic: "constant sips from a large bottle of brand-name water, then the ceremonial screwing of its cap back on once, twice, full-body twists as if volatile and poisonous gases would escape without her intervention." In the end, all loose ends are neatly tied up and all single characters are suitably paired--in other words, the author once again produces the kind of visceral satisfaction readers associate with her work. It's hard not to devour an Elinor Lipman novel in one sitting; put this one away for a time when you won't have to put it down. --Mary Park

]]> 2001 3 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:50:24 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:57:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 72488836 169514 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 4 0 false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 15:26:58 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 15:32:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 56011133 1679586 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 3 0 false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 20:20:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 20:24:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 39825781 558699 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 18:09:22 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 18:16:15 -0800 2008 The Inn at Lake Devine, Then She Found Me, and The Ladies' Man--but a novel by Lipman is always a good read. The stories keep you reading to find out what happens, the characters are believable, and Lipman isn't afraid to be a bit snarky. more...]]> 66138900 855619 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 3 0 false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:20:41 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 08:39:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 73995581 1062592 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 2 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:22:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:24:32 -0700 2009 67121025 634073 2932957 0792799313 9780792799313 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2932957.The_Dearly_Departed 3.00 1 But then King George is full of surprises. Home for the first time since high school, Sunny finds herself reassessing the place. She has ample reason to regret her teenage years--she was poor, had no father, was the only girl on the golf team, found a dead carp in her golf bag one time. But how far can a grudge take you in life? Can we ever really know the truth about our parents? What state of mind does it take to shoot par? Lipman addresses such questions with her customary lighthearted touch, sketching out her ensemble cast with rapid and comical strokes. Witness, for example, anorexic congressional candidate Emily Ann Grandjean's most characteristic tic: "constant sips from a large bottle of brand-name water, then the ceremonial screwing of its cap back on once, twice, full-body twists as if volatile and poisonous gases would escape without her intervention." In the end, all loose ends are neatly tied up and all single characters are suitably paired--in other words, the author once again produces the kind of visceral satisfaction readers associate with her work. It's hard not to devour an Elinor Lipman novel in one sitting; put this one away for a time when you won't have to put it down. --Mary Park

]]> 2001 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 13:40:15 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 13:44:44 -0700 2009 46363249 1336543 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 4 0 false Mon Feb 16 16:57:58 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 17:03:35 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 16:57:58 -0800 2009 80411086 1443296 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 4 0 false Wed Dec 09 09:17:24 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 09:18:01 -0800 2009 33814035 360935 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 4 0 false Thu Sep 25 09:26:14 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 09:29:50 -0700 2008
Really enjoy Lipman's characters, have a totaly crusj on Joey the cop.

Also loved the girls v. boys tension around Sunny's golfing, very cute.

Reminded me a lot of my ...more...]]> 71391418 43824 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 1 0 false Wed Sep 16 04:57:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 04:58:26 -0700 2009 58751371 702255 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 0 0 false Mon Jun 08 06:54:48 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 10:12:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 06:54:48 -0700 2009 iPod Touch, eReader Pro
copyright 2001]]> 43587222 121764 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 3 0 false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 10:41:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 23:50:08 -0800 2009 81242463 1139860 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 3 0 false Wed Dec 16 17:44:49 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 17:45:22 -0800 2009 38638439 1692616 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 5 0 false Tue Nov 25 12:58:04 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 12:58:20 -0800 2008 6137491 65153 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 4 0 false Thu Sep 13 05:44:18 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 05:44:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 68751813 572055 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 3 0 false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 17:20:38 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 07:38:05 -0700 2009 73753652 1339302 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 4 0 false Tue Nov 10 16:31:24 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:06:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:06:28 -0700 2009 32180919 1419814 459337 0375724583 9780375724589 23 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975m/459337.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174942975s/459337.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/459337.The_Dearly_Departed 3.57 237 The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.

Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.]]> 2001 2 0 false Mon Sep 08 14:50:03 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 10:29:50 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 14:50:03 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=459337