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Loading... The Family Man (original 2009; edition 2009)by Elinor Lipman
Work InformationThe Family Man by Elinor Lipman (2009)
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HTML: A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer's ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well-ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now twenty-nine, an actress-hopeful, estranged from her newly widowed eccentric motherā??Denise, Henry's ex. Hoping it will lead to better things for her career, Thalia agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a horror-movie luminary who is down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry's Upper West Side townhouse, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and he finds new lifeā??and maybe even new loveā??in the commot No library descriptions found. |
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Fast paced, sweet, funny, sappy. All the best things with just enough plot to keeps things chugging along.
Perfect easy reading. I'll pick up more of her books for sure. ( )