{"product_id":"on-turpentine-lane","title":"On Turpentine Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Light and tight… constructed with an almost scary mastery’ \u003cem data-w-id=\"cc950d10-073c-7268-3299-033f80718ac8\" data-wf-id='[\"cc950d10-073c-7268-3299-033f80718ac8\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-palette=\"Emphasized\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt thirty-two, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ealma mater\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a peaceful life and surely, with her recent purchase of a sweet bungalow on Turpentine Lane, her life is finally on track. Never mind that her fiancé is off on a crowdfunded cross-country walk, too busy to return her texts (but not too busy to post photos of himself with a different woman in every state). And never mind her witless boss, or a mother who lives too close, or a philandering father who thinks he’s Chagall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen she finds some mysterious artefacts in the attic of her new home, she wonders whether anything in her life is as it seems. What good fortune, then, that Faith has found a friend in affable, collegial Nick Franconi, office-mate\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003epar excellence\u003c\/em\u003e...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"942765a2-6f41-2633-3da7-8f8d2b96a356\" data-wf-id='[\"942765a2-6f41-2633-3da7-8f8d2b96a356\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e‘Oh my God, I love her books. They’re so funny’ \u003cstrong data-w-id=\"cbb1a0d6-1b4a-b684-2f9a-a92c3b25f04e\" data-wf-id='[\"cbb1a0d6-1b4a-b684-2f9a-a92c3b25f04e\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-palette=\"Strong\"\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"dc5658e1-0ccd-7968-3ed5-74b0ae7baeff\" data-wf-id='[\"dc5658e1-0ccd-7968-3ed5-74b0ae7baeff\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e‘Elinor Lipman applies her singular brand of warm zaniness to Faith’s dilemma… She has taken lessons from our great chroniclers of the quotidian, from Geoffrey Chaucer to Jane Austen. The result provides a light but serious antidote to what ails us all these days’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"4820d48e-ab0e-d5e2-95d3-a8043c1b71ef\" data-wf-id='[\"4820d48e-ab0e-d5e2-95d3-a8043c1b71ef\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e‘Elinor Lipman is the best writer you’ve never heard of – imagine if Elizabeth Strout wrote romantic comedies. \u003cem data-w-id=\"af5ddf0b-078a-58d6-1e0a-9a76c5b66632\" data-wf-id='[\"af5ddf0b-078a-58d6-1e0a-9a76c5b66632\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-palette=\"Emphasized\"\u003eOn Turpentine Lane\u003c\/em\u003e is whimsical but also gently savages the frailties of the human condition‘ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"6da155d2-67bb-a210-8e69-cae514879d85\" data-wf-id='[\"6da155d2-67bb-a210-8e69-cae514879d85\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e‘A romantic comedy with just enough sly wit to keep it from turning sugary’ \u003cstrong data-w-id=\"919f68de-7203-ade4-4732-1ada2a7646a2\" data-wf-id='[\"919f68de-7203-ade4-4732-1ada2a7646a2\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-reviews-input\" data-palette=\"Strong\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eO\u003c\/em\u003e (The Oprah Magazine)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8e4b196e-3a07-2e1b-cb76-c2c6679e7369\" data-wf-id='[\"8e4b196e-3a07-2e1b-cb76-c2c6679e7369\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-quotes-input\" data-palette=\"Paragraph\"\u003e‘Such brilliant news that Elinor Lipman’s new books are going to be published in the UK. 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