Good Riddance

Quick, fun read with Lipman's trademark quirky characters. Reminded me a little of my absolute favorite Lipman, [b:Then She Found Me 483369 Then She Found Me Elinor Lipman https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348466722s/483369.jpg 902699] (avoid the movie at all costs), with a loud, brash woman barging into the life of the heroine and upending it, but Geneva was nowhere as endearing as the formidable Bernice Graverman. Also the love story was much less charming.Lipman writes a type of East Coast heroine who may not be very likable to a lot of people. Daphne has a certain air of entitlement to her (who still gets alimony these days, much less bargains to get an increase?) and a lack of direction, but she has a lovely relationship with her widowed father and her attempts to have a modern “friends with benefits” relationship with her neighbor are obviously hiding a the soul of a romantic.The plot has more action than Lipman's most recent book, [b:On Turpentine Lane 28114543 On Turpentine Lane Elinor Lipman https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460104825s/28114543.jpg 48123847] although as always nothing seems to have serious dramatic stakes, or at least nothing that can't be cured with a witty remark and a fancy cocktail. Lipman is completely out of touch with modern literature and that's fine with me. There's no politics, no poverty, no really seriously bad people in her books, just human foibles, bon mots and bonbons.