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The late June Winter Maritch was the teacher to whom the class of '68 had dedicated its yearbook, and in turn she went on to attend every reunion, scribbling notes and observations after each one--not always charitably--and noting who overstepped boundaries of many kinds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a fit of decluttering (the yearbook did not, Daphne concluded, \"spark joy\"), she discards it when she moves to a small New York City apartment. But when it's found in the recycling bin by a busybody neighbor\/documentary filmmaker, the yearbook's mysteries--not to mention her own family's--take on a whole new urgency, and Daphne finds herself entangled in a series of events both poignant and absurd. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Riddance \u003c\/i\u003eis a pitch-perfect, whip-smart new novel from an \"enchanting, infinitely witty yet serious, exceptionally intelligent, wholly original, and Austen-like stylist\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/elinor-lipman-books\"\u003eElinor Lipman\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Houghton Mifflin Harcourt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780544808256\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £3.80","offer_id":47912056586417,"sku":"SB-0544808258-C3","price":3.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0544808258.jpg?v=1789227477"},{"product_id":"the-view-from-penthouse-b","title":"The View from Penthouse B","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo sisters recover from widowhood, divorce, and Bernie Madoff as unexpected roommates in a Manhattan apartment  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnexpectedly 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 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the three swap money-making 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, this is a cracklingly witty, deeply sweet novel from one of our finest comic writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Her worldview? Her enthusiasm, her effortless wit? 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