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Cover Page: v Title Page Page: v Dedication Page: vii Epigraph Page: xi Contents Page: xi Introduction Page: 1 Part I: Game of Crones Page: 7 The Whole 60 Page: 8 Game of Crones Page: 28 Natural Selection Page: 48 The Art of Losing Friends and Alienating People Page: 67 Part II: This Be the Other Verse Page: 88 My Father’s Bar Page: 90 The Thirty-First Stocking Page: 99 Swing, Interrupted Page: 111 Revered Ware Page: 118 Part III: My Life as a Villainess Page: 123 The Waco Kid Page: 124 Tweety Bird Page: 149 My Life as a Villainess Page: 164 Part IV: Genius Page: 176 A Fine Bromance Page: 178 Saving Mrs. Banks Page: 202 My Brilliant Friend Page: 223 Men Explain The Wire to Me Page: 243 Acknowledgments Page: 269 About the Author Page: 271 Praise for Laura Lippman Page: i Also by Laura Lippman Page: iv Copyright Page: vi About the Publisher Page: vi

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New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonate with a large audience.  Her voice is wry and relatable, her takes often surprising. Meet the Woman Behind the Books… In this collection of new and previously published essays, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman offers her take on a woman's life across the decades. Her childhood and school years, her newspaper career, her experiences as a novelist—Lippman finds universal touchstones in an unusual life that has as many twists as her award-winning crime fiction. Essays include: ·         Men Explain The Wire to Me ·         Game of Crones ·         My Life as a Villainess ·         My Father’s Bar ·         The 31st Stocking These candid essays offer long-time readers insight into the experiences that helped Lippman become one of the most successful crime novelists of her generation.
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