{"product_id":"ladies-lunch-and-other-stories","title":"Ladies' Lunch: and Other Stories","description":"National Jewish Book Award Finalist\n\nThe New Yorker's Best Book of the Year!\n\n\"For almost six decades Segal has quietly produced some of the best fiction and essays in American literature...\"—The New York Times\n\n\"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.\" - Slate\n\nBeloved New Yorker 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.\n\nFrom the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 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.\n\nCan 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?\n\nIn story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1685891012\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1685891012.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Segal, Lore\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43209044394045,"sku":"BVV.1685891012.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1685891012-0.jpg?v=1779225325","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/ladies-lunch-and-other-stories","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}