Description

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Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband when her sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot's luxurious Village apartment. For Margot, divorced amid scandal, then made Ponzi-poor, it's a chance to shake Gwen out of her grief and help make ends meet. To further this effort she enlists a third boarder, the handsome Anthony. As the three swap money-making schemes and Gwen ventures back out into the dating world, the arrival of Margot's paroled ex in the apartment downstairs creates not just complications but the chance for all sorts of unexpected forgiveness. A sister story about love, loneliness, and new life in middle age, this is a cracklingly witty, deeply sweet novel from one of our finest comic writers.

About the Author

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Elinor Lipman is the author of ten novels, including The View from Penthouse B and The Inn at Lake Devine; one essay collection, I Can't Complain; and Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus. She lives in Massachusetts and New York City. READER BIO Mia Barron has done dozens of audio books. She won the Publisher's Weekly Best Female Narration ""Listen Up"" Award, for her recording of Nina: Adolescence. She won AudioFile's 2012 best Multi Voice Narration, for her work on Jodi Picoult's bestseller Sing You Home. Other notable books include Lorrie Moore's award winning A Gate at the Stairs; A Homemade Life; Marry Him; Being Wrong; Bad Mother; as well as Kat Richardson's vampire series Greywalker.