{"product_id":"the-view-from-penthouse-b-cd-9781624064654","title":"The View from Penthouse B","description":"It s all wonderful fun. Lipman sketches her characters foibles with amused affection and moves the plot forward with practiced ease. \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband, Edwin, when her older sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot s luxurious Greenwich Village apartment. For Margot, divorced amid scandal (hint: her husband was a fertility doctor) and then made Ponzi-poor, it s a chance to shake Gwen out of her grief and help make ends meet. To further this effort she enlists a third boarder, the handsome, cupcake-baking Anthony. As the three swap moneymaking schemes and timid Gwen ventures back out into the dating world, the arrival of Margot s paroled ex in the efficiency apartment downstairs creates not just complications but the chance for all sorts of unexpected forgiveness. A sister story about love, loneliness, and new life in middle age from one of our finest comic writers. \u003ci\u003eThe View from Penthouse B\u003c\/i\u003e mixes sisters, online dating, and Bernie Madoff's victims into a witty confection. \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e Lipman s acuity as a social observer makes her voice seem to belong to a wise and funny friend. \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e A sly comedy of modern manners. \u003ci\u003e Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e[author photo] ELINOR LIPMAN is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Family Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/i\u003e; one essay collection, \u003ci\u003eI Can't Complain\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Massachusetts and New York City.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49810817483025,"sku":"CIN1624064655G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50385987928337,"sku":"CIN1624064655VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1624064655.jpg?v=1750993316","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-view-from-penthouse-b-cd-9781624064654","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}