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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I am so surprised by the low ratings. I read this after loving her current book, Bird Catcher. Many of the same themes are present - women finding their way after an unexpected event, art - commercial vs. what is truly creative. Jacobs is a wonderful writer - i found myself savoring every word. I like her female characters - they are independent and creative. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Debut novelist Laura Jacobs joins an elite group of authors (Jane Austen, Nancy Mitford, Diane Johnson) whose novels celebrate intelligent, modest, witty, and endearingly funny women. Iris Biddle is forty years old and determined to take it gracefully. What she'd really like is to wake up one morning with all errands done, her posh custom-lampshade business ahead of schedule, and absolutely no worries. Lana Burton is a young theater critic moving up the New York hierarchy, but she's learning that some friends resent a slow climb as much as a fast one. The setting is Manhattan, but women everywhere can identify with Iris and Lana as they struggle to keep friendships afloat, the checkbook balanced, the career moving, and the morale up, not to mention achieving their dreams while staying true to themselves. No library descriptions found. |
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