Daphne Maritch, the protagonist of Good Riddance by Elinor Lipman, is at a crossroads. Newly divorced from a duplicitous husband, this Pickering, New Hampshire native is determined to leave the vestiges of her brief and ill-conceived marriage behind her and move to New York City. Within the narrow confines of a Manhattan apartment, Daphne begins to declutter. A Pickering High School yearbook, bequeathed to her by her mother, gets tossed in the common-area recycling bin and becomes catalyst for a series of twist-and-turn events when a wacky neighbor retrieves it. An amalgam of romance and theater of the absurd, as well as a clear-eyed look at family ties, Lipman’s delightful novel (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) might lead you to wonder if you can answer this paraphrased question from a popular commercial: “What’s in your closet?”
Published: NYCitywoman.com
Published: NYCitywoman.com