{"product_id":"the-dearly-departed-9780375724589","title":"The Dearly Departed","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith her trademark humor and warmth, the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eMs. Demeanor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvery Tom, Dick \u0026amp; Harry \u003c\/i\u003eexplores what it means to return home and find light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past in a dazzling novel about golf, love, and DNA. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she'd left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there's no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn't as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother's life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elinor Lipman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.20w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375724589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2002 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/22\/2002 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELINOR LIPMAN is the author of many books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift, The Dearly Departed, The Ladies' Man, The Inn at Lake Devine, Isabel's Bed, The Way Men Act, Then She Found Me, Ms. Demeanor, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEvery Tom, Dick \u0026amp; Harry\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eInto Love and Out Again.\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eThe Pursuit of Alice Thrift, \u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332961042547,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":21.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_37755609-fb88-4e6d-9f74-1aca06a2dcc0.jpg?v=1754657564","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-dearly-departed-9780375724589","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}