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About the Book

Lillian on Life

Smart, poignant, funny and totally original, LILLIAN ON LIFE is as fresh and surprising as fiction gets.

This is the story of Lillian, a single woman reflecting on her choices and imagining her future. Born in the Midwest in the 1930s; Lillian lives, loves and works in Europe in the '50s and early '60s; she settles in New York and pursues the great love of her life in the '60s and '70s. Now it’s the early '90s, and she’s taking stock. Throughout her life, walking the unpaved road between traditional and modern choices for women, Lillian grapples with parental disappointment and societal expectations, wins and loses in love, and develops her own brand of wisdom. LILLIAN ON LIFE lifts the skin off the beautiful, stylish product of an era to reveal the confused, hot-blooded woman underneath.

Lillian on Life
by Alison Jean Lester

  • Publication Date: May 10, 2016
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • ISBN-10: 0425276201
  • ISBN-13: 9780425276204