Lech Lippmann Sara
Lech Lippmann Sara A mother recovering from an abortion in a Borscht Belt rental. A grief-stricken Hasidic drug dealer. An eccentric aging landlord, haunted by a mysterious death. In her inimitable…
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Lech Lippmann Sara
A mother recovering from an abortion in a Borscht Belt rental. A grief-stricken Hasidic drug dealer. An eccentric aging landlord, haunted by a mysterious death.
In her inimitable prose, she mercilessly explores the predatory side of human nature through conflicts of faith, trauma, desire, belonging, and longing--the particulars ofJudaism and feminism, parenting and partying, small-town life and big blundering dreams, as well as the timeless question: How do we carry 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.