Lech

Lippmann, Sara

ISBN 10: 1948954699 / ISBN 13: 9781948954693

Published by Tortoise Books, 2022

About this Item

This book is in good condition. The cover has minor creases or bends. The binding is tight and pages are intact. Some pages may have writing or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lech
• Publisher: Tortoise Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1948954699
• ISBN 13: 9781948954693
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

** A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK according to The Millions, The Rumpus, NYLON, Chicago Review of Books, Bustle, and Vol.1 Brooklyn **

A mother recovering from an abortion in a Borscht Belt rental. An eccentric aging landlord, haunted by a mysterious death. A grief-stricken Hasid. A scheming real estate agent looking for her break, her dogged daughter longing for her way out (specifically, a career as a human mermaid), and her addict boyfriend mired in it.

These lives—strangers, neighbors, family, friends—entwine and separate over the course of one fevered upstate summer, in a haunting and hilarious debut novel by acclaimed author Sara Lippmann. In her inimitable prose, she mercilessly explores the predatory side of human nature through conflicts of faith, trauma, desire, belonging, and longing—the particulars of Judaism and feminism, parenting and partying, small-town life and big blundering dreams, as well as the timeless question: How do we carry on?

About the Author

Sara Lippmann is the author of the story collections Doll Palace re-released by 713 Books, and Jerks from Mason Jar Press. Her work has been honored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has appeared in The Millions, The Washington Post, Best Small Fictions, Epiphany, Split Lip and elsewhere. She teaches with Jericho Writers and lives with her family in Brooklyn.