ancillary_reader's review
4.0
A delightful, charming read with entirely lovable characters. I'll definitely look at more of the author's work.
sandeestarlite's review
5.0
Elinor Lipman is one of my favorite authors of the last few years. Her tales often involve an emotionally distant character coming to grips with getting to know someone. In this case, Henry Archer has been pining for his step daughter for 20 years and is finally reconnected when his ex-wife's current husband passes away. She decided they should be friends again - after all, it's been 20 years since she cheated on him! Of course, Henry has come out of the closet in the meantime. Henry doesn't know what to do with so many people to juggle after many years of a fairly solitude life. Totally funny story of how we keep things from each other.
carolynf's review
3.0
Very cute. A little silly but a nice modern family comedy. I can totally see this as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, assuming that Hallmark is friendly toward gay relationships.
hmonkeyreads's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure how this book found its way into my kindle but I'm glad it did! The easiest way to describe this for me is a romantic comedy movie in book form.
Fast paced, sweet, funny, sappy. All the best things with just enough plot to keeps things chugging along.
Perfect easy reading. I'll pick up more of her books for sure.
Fast paced, sweet, funny, sappy. All the best things with just enough plot to keeps things chugging along.
Perfect easy reading. I'll pick up more of her books for sure.
dannb's review
2.0
Not my usual genre...however, so far...witty! Not my genre for a reason...too much angst.
marie_lrj's review
3.0
3.5 stars. Not my favorite Lipman so far, but still very enjoyable! As always, she creates a cast of slightly outrageous but very likable characters, and that's why I'm working my way through everything by Lipman. Her characters are wonderful!
tschmitty's review
2.0
I wasn't invested in this story, okay but not too exciting. The father/daughter bonding was nice I suppose, but not much there.