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HTML: "Ms. Demeanor is a complete and utter delight. Of course it is. What Elinor Lipman novel isn't?"??Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are . . . "Who knew house arrest could be sexy and fun? Not me, at least not until I read Ms. Demeanor. Written with Elinor Lipman's signature wit and charm, this breezy, engrossing novel tells the story of two people who make the most of their shared confinement."??Tom Perrotta, New York Times bestselling author of Tracy Flick Can't Win "When a neighbor's complaint about consensual al fresco sex turns into house arrest and a suspended legal license, Jane's recipe for survival involves cooking for another home-arrested tenant (could this be a match made in confinement?) while trying to figure out the whys and hows of her mysterious accuser. Filled with food, family, romance and intrigue, Lipman's novel cooks up a bounty of delights as sparkling as prosecco and as deeply satisfying and delicious as a five-star meal."??Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of With or Without You From one of America's most beloved contemporary novelists, a delicious and witty story about love under house arrest Jane Morgan is a valued member of her law firm??or was, until a prudish neighbor, binoculars poised, observes her having sex on the roof of her NYC apartment building. Police are summoned, and a punishing judge sentences her to six months of home confinement. With Jane now jobless and rootless, trapped at home, life looks bleak. Yes, her twin sister provides support and advice, but mostly of the unwelcome kind. When a doorman lets slip that Jane isn't the only resident wearing an ankle monitor, she strikes up a friendship with fellow white-collar felon Perry Salisbury. As she tries to adapt to life within her apartment walls, she discovers she hasn't heard the end of that tattletale neighbor??whose past isn't as decorous as her 9-1-1 snitching would suggest. Why are police knocking on Jane's door again? Can her house arrest have a silver lining? Can two wrongs make a right? In the hands of "an inspired alchemist who converts serious subject into humor" (New York Times Book Review)??yes,… (mehr) |
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Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. Let’s say there were two people, a man and a woman, lounging on the rooftop terrace of an apartment building in midtown Manhattan. | |
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"We're good? You're happy? We're engaged?" he asked. "I think they knew from Day One." He grinned. "Same as I did."
He knew from Day One? I wanted to react in an appropriately swoony fashion, but we were new at romantic proclamations, and I was prone to cross-examination. "That, too. But it was at your apartment, the night I met your sister for the first time. She was lobbying for you to be my personal chef, and you were having none of it. When she asked what you were serving us, you said, 'Dead chicken.' I didn't laugh, but I wanted to." He shrugged. "That did it." Faced with a set of identical twins, only one of us had registered: me. "The 'buddy' part was a lie. It wasn't 'love the one you're with,' because I actually did love the one I was with."
Perry said, "So did I." I looked out the window. It had started to snow. Wasn't that supposed to symbolize something—like innocence and purity? Or maybe, in a context that applied more closely to Perry and me, a fresh start?
I said, "I go where you go." "And now, fornicators and ex-felons live in your beautiful apartment. May you not turn over in your grave or burn in hell, as I once or twice may have wished for."
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An attorney is spotted by a nosy neighbor with binoculars engaging in consensual sex on her rooftop patio. The outraged busybody calls police and Jane Morgan is convicted of indecent behavior and sentenced to six months of house confinement. With no job and stuck at home, life looks bleak. But then her doorman lets slip that there is another resident of her building who is also wearing an ankle monitor. And so Jane meets Perry Salisbury, whose white-collar crime doesn’t completely put him out of the picture.
This is a delightful modern-day rom-com with an interesting plot twist, or three. I just love Lipman’s sense of humor!
Jane’s twin sister provides moral (and financial) support. Her relationship with Perry moves along nicely. But wait … why are police knocking on Jane’s door once again? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
The audiobook is performed by Piper Goodeve, who does a fine job. She sets a good pace, and I was engaged and entertained from beginning to end. (