{"product_id":"the-ladies-man-paperback","title":"The Ladies' Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElinor Lipman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Rivals her own best work for its understanding of the way smart, opinionated people stumble toward happiness\"--Glamour) and \u003ci\u003eIsabel's Bed\u003c\/i\u003e (\"It's Fannie Farmer for the soul . . . delivered in a delicious style that is both funny and elegant\"--USA Today) comes a darkly romantic comedy of manners that confirms Elinor Lipman's appointment to the Jane Austen chair in modern American sensibility.\u003cbr\u003eThirty unmarried years have passed since the barely suitable Harvey Nash failed to show up at a grand Boston hotel for his own engagement party. Today, the near-bride, Adele Dobbin, and her two sisters, Lois and Kathleen, blame Harvey for what unkind relatives call their spinsterhood, and what potential beaus might characterize as a leery, united front. The doorbell rings one cold April night. Harvey Nash, older, filled with regrets (sort of), more charming and arousable than ever, just in from the Coast, where he's reinvented himself as Nash Harvey, jingle composer and chronic bachelor, has returned to the scene of his first romantic crime. Despite the sisters' scars and grudges, despite his platinum tongue and roving eye, this old flame becomes an improbable catalyst for the untried and the long overdue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe refined and level-headed Adele finds herself flirting with her boss--on public television. Entrepreneurial Kathleen is suddenly drinking cappuccino with Lorenz, the handsome doorman at the luxury high-rise where she owns a lingerie boutique. And Lois, the only sister to have embarked on the road to matrimony and, subsequently, divorce, revives her long-cherished notion that Harvey abandoned Adele rather than indulge his preference for another Dobbin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth comic and compassionate, \u003cb\u003eThe Ladies' Man\u003c\/b\u003e has all of Lipman's trademark wit, wattage, and social mischief--with an extra bite. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \"The Inn at Lake Devine (\"Rivals her own best work for its understanding of the way smart, opinionated people stumble toward happiness\"--Glamour) and \"Isabel's Bed (\"It's Fannie Farmer for the soul . . . delivered in a delicious style that is both funny and elegant\"--USA Today) comes a darkly romantic comedy of manners that confirms Elinor Lipman's appointment to the Jane Austen chair in modern American sensibility.\u003cbr\u003eThirty unmarried years have passed since the barely suitable Harvey Nash failed to show up at a grand Boston hotel for his own engagement party. Today, the near-bride, Adele Dobbin, and her two sisters, Lois and Kathleen, blame Harvey for what unkind relatives call their spinsterhood, and what potential beaus might characterize as a leery, united front. The doorbell rings one cold April night. Harvey Nash, older, filled with regrets (sort of), more charming and arousable than ever, just in from the Coast, where he's reinvented himself as Nash Harvey, jingle composer and chronic bachelor, has returned to the scene of his first romantic crime. Despite the sisters' scars and grudges, despite his platinum tongue and roving eye, this old flame becomes an improbable catalyst for the untried and the long overdue.\u003cbr\u003e????????\u003cbr\u003eThe refined and level-headed Adele finds herself flirting with her boss--on public television. Entrepreneurial Kathleen is suddenly drinking cappuccino with Lorenz, the handsome doorman at the luxury high-rise where she owns a lingerie boutique. And Lois, the only sister to have embarked on the road to matrimony and, subsequently, divorce, revives her long-cherished notion that Harvey abandoned Adele rather than indulge hispreference for another Dobbin.\u003cbr\u003e????????\u003cbr\u003eBoth comic and compassionate, The Ladies' Man has all of Lipman's trademark wit, wattage, and social mischief--with an extra bite. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElinor Lipman is the author of seven books: the novels \u003cb\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Dearly Departed\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Ladies' Man\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIsabel's Bed\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Way Men Act\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThen She Found Me\u003c\/b\u003e, and a collection of stories, \u003cb\u003eInto Love and Out Again\u003c\/b\u003e. She has been called \"the diva of dialogue\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"the last urbane romantic\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eBook Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e said of \u003cb\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Like Jane Austen, the past master of the genre, Lipman isn't only out for laughs. She serves up social satire, too, that's all the more trenchant for being deftly drawn.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGourmet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Writers on Writing series. She received the New England Booksellers' 2001 fiction award for a body of work.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257354993913,"sku":"9780375707315","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Ihh00L9sfA9780375707315.webp?v=1768748725","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-ladies-man-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}