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About the Book

The Family Man

A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer's ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well-ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now 29, an actress-hopeful, estranged from her newly widowed eccentric mother --- Denise, Henry's ex. Hoping it will lead to better things for her career, Thalia agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a horror-movie luminary who is down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry's Upper West Side townhouse, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and he finds new life --- and maybe even new love --- in the commotion.

The Family Man
by Elinor Lipman

  • Publication Date: May 4, 2010
  • Genres: Fiction
  • Paperback: 324 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • ISBN-10: 054733608X
  • ISBN-13: 9780547336084