My life as a villainess : essays / Laura Lippman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063000131 (paperback : large print)
- ISBN: 006300013X (paperback : large print)
- Physical Description: viii, 258 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Harper Large Print edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [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. |
Genre: | Large print books. |
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 |
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Covington Branch | LT B L766 2020 (Text) | 33126024485371 | Large Print Biography | Available | - |
- HARPERCOLL
New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonate with a large audience. Her voice is wry and relatable, her takes often surprising.
Meet the Woman Behind the Booksâ¦
In this collection of new and previously published essays, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman offers her take on a woman's life across the decades. Her childhood and school years, her newspaper career, her experiences as a novelistâLippman finds universal touchstones in an unusual life that has as many twists as her award-winning crime fiction.
Essays include:
·        Men Explain The Wire to Me
·        Game of Crones
·        My Life as a Villainess
·        My Fatherâs Bar
·        The 31st Stocking
These candid essays offer long-time readers insight into the experiences that helped Lippman become one of the most successful crime novelists of her generation.