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  • On Turpentine Lane

  • A Novel
  • By: Elinor Lipman
  • Narrated by: Mia Barron
  • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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On Turpentine Lane

By: Elinor Lipman
Narrated by: Mia Barron
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Summary

At 32, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It's a peaceful life, really, 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. When she finds some mysterious artifacts in the attic of her new home, she wonders whether anything in her life is as it seems.

©2017 Elinor Lipman (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Fiction Jewish Literature & Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy
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"Narrator Mia Barron's spot-on timing brings out the best of the smart dialogue and understated humor in this story of contemporary life for the 30-something crowd.... Barron's delivery of quirky characters and multiple plotlines contributes to this entertaining audiobook." ( AudioFile)

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A fun story.

Light and fluffy and very entertaining. it zoomed along quite nicely. The narration was well paced.

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An absolute joy

I heard Elinor Lipman mentioned on a books podcast, and looked for her here on Audible. What a fabulous writer!
Funny, perceptive, warm and a terrific story teller.
On Turpentine Line is a total page turner and as soon as I finished it, I wanted to buy everything else Lipman has written. But - horror! - this is the only one of hers available on Audible. I'm astonished. She has such an impressive back catalogue. Why aren't all her books here?

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