The Pursuit of Alice Thrift. Elinor Lipman
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Elinor Lipman
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
A NOVEL
For Mameve Medwed,
dear and exemplary friend
Contents
2: Later Classified as Our First Date
6: Alice Makes Up Her Own Mind
17: Venues Not Available to Me
P.S. Ideas, Interviews & Features …
If You Loved This, You’ll Like …
YOU MAY HAVE seen us in “Vows” in The New York Times: me, alone, smoking a cigarette and contemplating my crossed ankles, and a larger blurry shot of us, postceremony, ducking and squinting through a hail of birdseed. We didn’t have pretty faces or interesting demographics, but we had met and married in a manner that was right for SundayStyles: Ray Russo came to my department for a consultation. I said what I always said to a man seeking rhinoplasty: Your nose is noble, even majestic. It has character. It gives you character. Have you thought this through?