Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman - Available

The Pursuit of Alice Thrift

by Elinor Lipman
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample
The stunning new novel from a sparkling comic writer who is on the brink of stardom. Poor Alice Thrift: book-smart but people-hopeless. Alice graduated second in her class at medical school, but hospital life is proving quite a challenge. Evaluations describe her performance as 'workmanlike' and her people skills as 'hypothermic'. Luckily, Alice's roommate Leo, the most popular nurse at the hospital, and her feisty neighbour Sylvie, take on the task of guiding Alice through the narrow straits of her own no-rapport zone. When Ray Russo, a social-climbing fudge salesman, dedicates himself to a romantic pursuit, Leo and Sylvie harbour serious doubts. Yet as the chase intensifies, Alice's bedside manner begins to thaw. Can this dubious character be the one to lift Alice out of the depths of her social ineptitude? Written with bite, pace and effortless wit, this seriously funny novel puts romance under the microscope with hilarious consequences.
Expand title description text
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780007392759
  • Release date: January 30, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780007392759
  • File size: 346 KB
  • Release date: January 30, 2014
Loading
Loading

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fiction Literature Romance Humor (Fiction)

Languages

English

The stunning new novel from a sparkling comic writer who is on the brink of stardom. Poor Alice Thrift: book-smart but people-hopeless. Alice graduated second in her class at medical school, but hospital life is proving quite a challenge. Evaluations describe her performance as 'workmanlike' and her people skills as 'hypothermic'. Luckily, Alice's roommate Leo, the most popular nurse at the hospital, and her feisty neighbour Sylvie, take on the task of guiding Alice through the narrow straits of her own no-rapport zone. When Ray Russo, a social-climbing fudge salesman, dedicates himself to a romantic pursuit, Leo and Sylvie harbour serious doubts. Yet as the chase intensifies, Alice's bedside manner begins to thaw. Can this dubious character be the one to lift Alice out of the depths of her social ineptitude? Written with bite, pace and effortless wit, this seriously funny novel puts romance under the microscope with hilarious consequences.
Expand title description text
Fiction Literature Romance Humor (Fiction)