{"product_id":"ladies-lunch-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Ladies' Lunch: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLore Segal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Jewish Book Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker's\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Segal writes with welcome clarity about life's final years, and if her characters are not always as wise as they think they are, Segal eyes them all with the unsentimental wisdom of a life spent writing wondrous stories and essays, a career spent telling the truth.\" - \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature...\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeloved \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e writer Lore Segal, at 95-years-old, is a national treasure. Working at the height of her powers, in this story collection she turns her gimlet eye and compassionate humor on aging and life in the slow lane. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 new stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family and aging. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan the group organize a visit to one of their number in her new, and detested, assisted living situation? Is this a fabulous party with old friends, or a funeral reception? And does who was sleeping with whom, way back when, still matter? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLore Segal is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Kitchen\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eHalf the Kingdom, Lucinella, Other People's Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHer First American\u003c\/i\u003e and the collection \u003ci\u003eThe Journal I Did Not Keep\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of the American Academy Arts and Letters Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The O'Henry Prize and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, The New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications. In 2023, Segal was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives and works in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8.27 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154310107271,"sku":"9781685891015","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ee06e895a9c276ae39b34e351ec3e9e5.webp?v=1733227969","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ladies-lunch-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}