Book
My life as a villainess : essays / Laura Lippman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063007154
- ISBN: 0063007150
- ISBN: 9780062997333
- ISBN: 0062997335
- Physical Description: x, 270 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: Game of Crones. The whole 60 ; Game of crones ; Natural selection ; The art of losing friends and alienating people -- Part II: This be the other verse. My father's bar ; The thirty-first stocking ; Swing, interrupted ; Revered ware -- Part III: My life as a villainess. The Waco kid ; Tweety bird ; My life as a villainess -- Part IV: Genius. A fine bromance ; Saving Mrs. Banks ; My brilliant friend ; Men explain The wire to me. |
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| Subject: | Lippman, Laura, 1959- Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlanger Branch | B L766 2020 (Text) | 33126024301529 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2020 April
Beloved crime fiction writer and avid tweetmeister Lippman makes an unconvincing case for her villainy in this collection. The essays, some new, some previously published, are overall a delight. She opens strong with "The Whole 60," in which she revels in her power and glory as she hits a milestone birthday. Following pieces meander through her life and times: her first career, as a journalist in Texas and in her hometown of Baltimore; an unsuccessful first marriage; a second successful marriage and motherhood at fiftysomething; ruminations on family and friends; her tendency to let down friends (readers may not be wholly convinced that she is "a shitty friend"); that time she was called in to the principal's office for subtweeting about mean girls who made her daughter miserable. In the final piece, "Men Explain
Copyright 2020 Library Journal.The Wire to Me," Lippman deftly skewers the male fans of her husband David Simon's revered Baltimore-based TV show. A piece about how she helped Simon make friends with the late TV personality/chef Anthony Bourdain is moving and humorous as well.VERDICT Fans of Lippman's novels (The Lady in the Lake ) and her Twitter followers will gobble up this short collection and beg for more nonfiction from this gifted storyteller. [See Prepub Alert, 11/11/19.]âLiz French, Library Journal