The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Elinor Lipman
• Title: The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
• Publisher: ‎ Random House (2003)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 269 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0679463135
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0679463139
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.25 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.39 x 1.1 x 9.52 inches
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Very Good (may show some minimal discoloration on page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent

Synopsis:

In her newest well-tuned, witty, and altogether wonderful novel, bestselling author Elinor Lipman dares to ask: Can an upper-middle-class doctor find love with a shady, fast-talking salesman?

Meet poor Alice Thrift, surgical intern in a Boston hospital, high of I.Q. but low in social graces. She doesn’t mean to be acerbic, clinical, or painfully precise, but where was she the day they taught Bedside Manner 101?

Into Alice’s workaholic and romantically challenged life comes Ray Russo, a purveyor of fairground fudge, in need of rhinoplasty and well-heeled companionship, not necessarily in that order. Is he a con man or a sincere suitor? Good guy or bad? His well-engineered cruise into carnal waters introduces Alice to a new and baffling concept, chemistry—and not of the organic kind.

Is it possible for a woman of science to cure her own loneliness in the unsuitable arms of a parental nightmare?

Luckily, Leo Frawley, R.N., who has a high threshold for Alice’s left-footed people skills, and Sylvie Schwartz, M.D., fellow resident and woman of the world, take on the task of guiding Alice through the narrow straits of her own no-rapport zone.

About the Author:

Elinor Lipman is the award-winning author of 16 books of fiction and nonfiction including "The Inn at Lake Devine," "Isabel's Bed," "On Turpentine Lane," "Good Riddance," "I Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays," “Rachel to the Rescue,” and most recently, "Ms. Demeanor." Her first novel, "Then She Found Me," became a 2008 feature film, directed by and starring Helen Hunt, with Bette Midler, Colin Firth, and Matthew Broderick.

She was the 2011-12 Elizabeth Drew professor of creative writing at Smith College, and winner of the New England Bookseller Award and the Paterson Fiction Prize. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe and New York Times, including two "Modern Love" essays.