{"id":3392,"date":"2009-05-22T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2009-05-20T10:35:20","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T16:35:20","slug":"the-family-man-by-elinor-lipman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-family-man-by-elinor-lipman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Family Man by Elinor Lipman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2118342\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3398\" title=\"the-family-man\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/the-family-man.jpg?resize=185%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the-family-man\" width=\"185\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a>Recently retired and living a quiet and elegant life on the Upper West Side in New York City, Henry Archer unexpectedly gets a second chance with his step-daughter, someone he hasn&#8217;t seen for 25 years. Somehow these opposites &#8211; Henry is older, gay, successful, Thalia is an aspiring actress just scraping by &#8211; make a connection that benefits them both. Thalia brings sparkle and excitement into Henry&#8217;s world, as well as more than a few complications including the reappearance of his eccentric ex-wife, an introduction to the world of celebrity and a new love interest.<\/p>\n<p>Lipman is the master of the modern comedy-of-manners story &#8211; her characters are real and likable (even the annoying ones), and the dialogue is sharp, witty and fast-paced. The situations our heroes find themselves in may be unlikely, but Lipman grounds them in reality and gives them heart. <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2118342\" target=\"_blank\">The Family Man<\/a><\/strong><\/em> will keep you laughing and wishing for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently retired and living a quiet and elegant life on the Upper West Side in New York City, Henry Archer unexpectedly gets a second chance with his step-daughter, someone he hasn&#8217;t seen for 25 years. Somehow these opposites &#8211; Henry is older, gay, successful, Thalia is an aspiring actress just<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-family-man-by-elinor-lipman\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[623,155,476,624,625],"class_list":["post-3392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-celebrities","tag-family","tag-family-drama","tag-gay-lawyers","tag-stepdaughters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-SI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3392"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3407,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions\/3407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}