Lech (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781948954693)

A mother recovering from an abortion in a Borscht Belt rental. An eccentric aging landlord, haunted by a mysterious death. A grief-stricken Hasid. A scheming real estate agent looking for her break, her dogged daughter longing for her way out (specifically, a career as a human mermaid), and her addict boyfriend mired in it.

These lives-strangers, neighbors, family, friends--entwine and separate over the course of one fevered upstate summer, in a haunting and hilarious debut novel by acclaimed author Sara Lippmann. In her inimitable prose, she mercilessly explores the predatory side of human nature through conflicts of faith, trauma, desire, belonging, and longing--the particulars of Judaism and feminism, parenting and partying, small-town life and big blundering dreams, as well as the timeless question: How do we carry on?

Author: Sara Lippmann
ISBN-10: 1948954699
ISBN-13: 9781948954693
Publisher: Tortoise Books
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2022
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.75w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2022
Foreword 08/27/2022
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2022