Gain Your Copy The Pursuit Of Alice Thrift Composed By Elinor Lipman Formatted As Paper Copy

Thrift, intern at a major Boston hospital, is almost totally lacking in social skills which means her bedside manner is appalling and she earns enemies easily.
Her inability to read other people has the further consequence that she's completely vulnerable to the smarttalking attentions of much older candysalesman Ray Russo, whom everyone but Alice realizes is a creep on the make after all, when Alice finishes her internship she'll be earning the big bucks, won't she

But yet another consequence of Alice's inability to read people is that she fails to realize there are some around her who're very fond of her who value her intelligence and integrity and find those qualities far outweigh her gaucheries.
As she learns to trust others, so she learns to trust herself giving a double meaning to the novel's title.


I fell in love with this beautifully written novel, and indeed headoverheels in love with Alice herself, who managed to make me grin on virtually every page.
Some of the other characterizations I found very striking too, such as those of Alice's new BF Sylvie, her roomie Leo and the elderly prof who takes her under his wing, Henry.
As for Ray, he's interestingly complex: for much of the book I couldn't decide if he was really the slimeball everyone assumed or just, in his way, as socially inept as Alice.


The narrative sort of wilts in the very final pages, as if Lipman couldn't decide whether to go for a predictable ending or something wilder, and ended up taking the safer option, but I could easily forgive that for all the joy The Pursuit of Alice Thrift had given me beforehand.
Poignant and hilarious by turns, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift was one of those novels I gladly permitted to take over my life for a few days.
I almost did not finish this book, but I loved the idea I loved "The Rosie Project" with a similar protagonist supposedly.
But the woman protagonist's actions were very illogical for an intelligent MD, no matter what kind of mental problems she maybe had.
And I could not find the humor in the story line, Sorry, not for me. Thank you, Paula, for turning me on to Elinor Lipman, Blurbs by Richard Russo, Carol Shields, and Anita Shreve led me to believe it would be well written, I was not disappointed. The characters came from across vividly and their shenanigans never overshadowed the heart and soul of the book, Thoroughly enjoyed it! Now, I, too, will read everything Lipman has written/will write, Acquired it from a Free Little Library and toted it along as an airplane read, Happily, this book exceeded my expectations, It's more lighthearted than my usual selections, and the change was refreshing, The narrator's voice works well for conveying a deliciously subtle brand of humor, A romantic nightmare becomes entertaining and even touching, Well worth the quick read! The Pursuit of Alice Thrift is a piece of crap start to finish, Ridiculously shallow characters, implausible storyline, and annoyingly told, Totally juvenile and not worth one second of my time, Do y'all read Elinor Lipman You totally should! I'll read anyone that people frequently compare to Jane Austen, which is why I initially checked out an EL book from the library.
After "The Pursuit of Alice Thrift," I'm still a fan, This book is funny, funny, funny, Lipman is a master of dialogue, I probably should have stopped more to appreciate all the highlevel humor on each page, but then I just wanted to keep reading.
In Raymond Russo, the fasttalking hangeron who is pursuing Alice, Lipman has created a truly appalling slimeball of a man to be viewed with sick fascination.
He's so bad, he's goodand always fun to watch, TPOAT is a good time all around, I enjoyed this book immensely, It was laughoutloud funnyuntil the end,

I am not only disenchanted by the turn the story took because it trivializes two otherwise fabulous characters and their serious issues surrounding money, class, mutual attraction, balancing a demanding career and relationship, etc.
I am highly disappointed by the endings implausibility and its many gaping holes e, g. , why would an otherwise sensible, emotionallystunted physician jump the gun and elope with Ray in the first place And having done that, why does she suddenly become so savvy and shrewd at their wedding reception And why would heif he is such an expert scammer and the entire marriage is a shambring his “real” fiancé to their wedding Lipman had me strapped in and squealing in delight throughout this thrill ride, but the final curve jolted me callously and left me bruised rather than tickled.
Perhaps I am as big an idiot as Alice for having been so charmed by Ray,

P. S. I read an earlier edition with the original cover , which I prefer, What is the significance of the candies Is that supposed to be fudge, or did something change in the story with a later version

Struggled through this ridiculous story of a medical intern and what was intended to be funny but ultimately pitiful tale of her pursuit by an awful, boorish fudge salesman.
Terrible read. I absolutely adored this book: it's witty, funny my roommate found it funny the number of times I laughed while reading it, and an allaround feel good tale of Alice Thrift's growing pains as a newly minted surgical resident without much in the way of a social life.
As

is to be expected, it was rather predictable, but the predictability didn't detract from my goodnatured amusement one bit.
"Meet Alice Thrift, surgical intern at a Boston hospital, high of IQ but low in social graces, She doesn't mean to be acerbic, clinical, or blunt, but where was she the day they taught Bedside MannerInto Alice's workaholic and wallflower life comes Ray Russo, a traveling fudge salesman in search of a nose job and wellheeled companionship, but not necessarily in that order.
Is he a con man or a sincere suitor Good guy or bad Alice's parent, roommate, and best friend Sylvie are appalled at her choice of mate.
Despite her doubts, Alice finds herself walking down the aisle, not so much won over as worn down, Will their marriage last the honeymoon Only if Alice's best instincts can triumph over Ray's unsavory ways, "
back cover

Alice is a train wreck of a girl completely clueless and paranoid about herself to boot.
She has unfailing instincts for not seeing the forest for the trees, and mislabeling the trees as well,

It's a train wreck of a plot I kept wanting to scream at her, amp throw the book across the room.
How could anybody be that daft, that dense

I suppose this is some arcane form of chick lit.
It was well written and the characterization was excellent, Everyone seemed so real Ray obviously a silvertongued devil, Alice totally oblivious, But it was just too frustrating for me,

There was an interesting debate about why Alice was like she was, I won't go into it here so as not to spoil it for the next reader, I'd be interested to know what you think, if you read the book,
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Neobičan chicklit roman s liječnicom kao protagonisticom koja pati od nedostatka socijalnih vještina, :D Alice Thrift is a very unlikeable character, It isn't that she was boring but that she seemed to go out of her way to be unsociable even to her own mother.
And she put herself into a relationship with a man she disliked and looked down on, And then married him. Not only did I not sympathize with her but I felt like she got what she deserved, Lippman's attempt at the end to show some sort of personality growth was weak, This was a downer of a story filled with all sorts of ugly prejudices, I'm completely confused as to what other reviewers found so humorous, I'm still a little mad that I wasted my time reading this book, One of my favorite Elinor Lipman books! If you haven't read any of her books, you really should, The dialog is so interesting and humorous at times, I have heard her compared to a modern day Jane Austin as well as Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm without the whine.
Really funny situations this character gets herself into, What a perfect beach read! I guess you could call this chick lit, but better written, I loved the main character, Alice Thriftevery inch of her nerdy, cynical, unsociable self, I especially got a kick out of her honest evaluations of herself, She knows she's a workaholic who is at the hospital even when she doesn't need to be, She knows she has terrible people skills with patients, friends, acquaintances, and family, She's always saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, She knows all this but she's not quite sure how to fix herself, Along comes Raybignosed, a bad dresser, and a total suckupwho begins to woo Alice, He screams scam artistor does he He does seem to understand Alice and knows the right things to say to her.
But he doesn't relentlessly pursue her, At one point he backs off and doesn't talk to her for months, Alice is the one who draws him back into her life, And he does some good for Alice in bringing her out of her shell, So, despite my suspicion that he may be a scam artist, I wasn'tsure, I liked that uncertainty. Then, of course, there's her roommate, and ultimately, good friend, Lou, The two of them cannot see how good they are for each other, Their "romance" is so cute, and possibly sets things up for a sequel, You'll enjoy what happens at the end, Alice isn't as clueless as everyone thinks she is!,