{"product_id":"the-view-from-penthouse-b-9780544228078","title":"The View from Penthouse B","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTwo sisters recover from widowhood, divorce, and Bernie Madoff as unexpected roommates in a Manhattan apartment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eUnexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband, Edwin, when her older sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot's luxurious Village apartment. For Margot, divorced amid scandal (hint: her husband was a fertility doctor) and then made Ponzi-poor, it's a chance to shake Gwen out of her grief and help make ends meet. To further this effort she enlists a third boarder, the handsome, cupcake-baking Anthony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the three swap money-making schemes and timid Gwen ventures back out into the dating world, the arrival of Margot's paroled ex in the efficiency apartment downstairs creates not just complications but the chance for all sorts of unexpected forgiveness. A sister story about love, loneliness, and new life in middle age, this is a cracklingly witty, deeply sweet novel from one of our finest comic writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her worldview? Her enthusiasm, her effortless wit? Just a few of the reasons we love Elinor Lipman.\"-\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELINOR LIPMAN is the author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Family Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Inn at Lake Devine\u003c\/i\u003e; one essay collection, \u003ci\u003eI Can't Complain\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503464714514,"sku":"9780544228078","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_341c284e-e4ae-492e-a3aa-e8a10845dd7c.jpg?v=1730792081","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-view-from-penthouse-b-9780544228078","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}