Come for Cocktails and Conversation with Novelist Elinor Lipman

On Thursday, June 1st the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation invites you to enjoy Cocktails & Conversation with Elinor Lipman, the award-winning author who has been described as “the Queen of Manhattan romance and wit.” Lipman’s 16 books of fiction and nonfiction include The Inn at Lake Devine, On Turpentine Lane, Rachel to the Rescue, Good Riddance and most recently Ms. Demeanor: A Novel, described by The New York Times as ‘A joyride with a potent dose of wry social commentary.’

Cocktails & Conversation will take place at Town House Restaurant (559 Main Street, New Rochelle) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Tickets cost $60, and include delicious nibbles and two drinks; proceeds benefit the non-profit NRPL Foundation. Tickets are available at http://weblink.donorperfect.com/CCElinorLipman or by mail with a check payable to NRPLF sent to New Rochelle Public Library Foundation, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801. For more information visit the website at nrplfoundation.org.

Books will be available for sale and signing that evening via Bronx River Books (37 Spencer Place, Scarsdale; 914-420-6396; email info@bronxriverbooks.com; website www.bronxriverbooks.com)

Cocktails & Conversation is one of the NRPL Foundation’s signature events, designed to bring book lovers together. The evenings feature authors in a discussion moderated by Prof. Amy Bass, Ph.D., NRPL Foundation Board Member, historian and acclaimed author (One Goal: A Coach, A Team and the Game That Brought A Divided Town Together).

The New Rochelle Public Library Foundation is a nonprofit organization that raises resources and provides advocacy to keep the library vibrant, up-to-date, and able to serve the diverse needs of the New Rochelle community. For more information about the NRPL Foundation visit the website at nrplfoundation.org

About Elinor Lipman

Elinor Lipman is the award-winning author of 16 books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Inn at Lake Devine, Isabel's Bed, I Can't Complain: (All Too) Personal Essays, Rachel to the Rescue, and most recently, Ms. Demeanor. Her first novel, Then She Found Me, became a 2008 feature film, directed by and starring Helen Hunt, with Bette Midler, Colin Firth, and Matthew Broderick. She was the 2011-12 Elizabeth Drew professor of creative writing at Smith College, and winner of the New England Bookseller Award and the Paterson Fiction Prize. Her book reviews and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe and The New York Times, including two "Modern Love" essays. She divides her time between Manhattan and the Hudson Valley.

Lipman’s latest book, Ms. Demeanor (2022), has been described by writer Wally Lamb as ‘A deliciously entertaining story whose ingredients include wit, sass, sex, and social satire. One of her best.’

The Wall Street Journal observed "[Lipman] has long been one of our wittiest chroniclers of modern-day romance,” while The New York Times noted that “Over the course of a dozen novels, readers of Elinor Lipman’s fiction have come to expect charm and clever high jinks.” New York Jewish Week calls Lipman “a writer to savor. Her wit is at once light and serious, ringing with humanity, and her tangled plots are full of surprises...Her writing is reminiscent of the late, fine writer Laurie Colwin."