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My Latest Grievance - by Elinor Lipman (Paperback)

My Latest Grievance - by  Elinor Lipman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of "The Inn at Lake Devine" comes a pitch-perfect novel abouta young woman, too smart for her own good, and the chaos that ensues when herpath crosses that of her glamorous new next-door neighbor.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>My Latest Grievance stars the beguiling teenager Frederica Hatch, the Eloise of Dewing College. Born and raised in the dormitory of this small women's college and chafing under the care of the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization, Frederica is starting to feel that her life is stiflingly snug. That all changes with the arrival on campus of a new dorm mother, the glamorous Laura Lee French, the frenetic center of her own universe.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>May be Lipman's best work so far... Every page offers laugh-out-loud dialogue...So entertaining you're sorry to see it end.<br><br>Up there at the top is where this enchanting, infinitely witty yet serious, exceptionally intelligent, wholly original and Austen-like stylist belongs.<br><br>A novel of warmth, wisdom, love, and redemption that is funny and fun to read.<br><br>Completely irresistible. Expect high demand for this novel and renewed interest in Lipman's previous seven. Highly recommended.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>ELINOR LIPMAN is the author of eight previous novels, including The Inn at Lake Devine, and My Latest Grievance, winner of the Paterson Fiction Prize. In 2001 she won the New England Book Award for Fiction. The film Then She Found Me, directed by and starring Helen Hunt, is based on her first novel.

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