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 Booksā¦
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 novelistāLippman finds universal touchstones in an unusual life that has as many twists as her award-winning crime fiction.
Essays include:
Ā· Men Explain The Wire to Me
Ā· Game of Crones
Ā· My Life as a Villainess
Ā· My Fatherās Bar
Ā· 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.