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Original Title:	Then She Found Me
ISBN:	0671686151 (ISBN13: 9780671686154)
Edition Language:	English

Then She Found Me

Elinor Lipman

Paperback | Pages: 307 pages

Rating: 3.44 | 3363 Users | 383 Reviews

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Title	:	Then She Found Me
Author	:	Elinor Lipman
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 307 pages
Published	:	April 1st 1991 by Washington Square Press (first published January 1st 1990)
Categories	:	Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Parenting. Adoption. Adult. Contemporary

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April Epner teaches high school Latin, wears flannel jumpers, and is used to having her evenings free. Bernice Graverman brandishes designer labels, favors toad-sized earrings, and hosts her own tacky TV talk show: Bernice G!
But behind the glitz and glam, Bernice has followed the life of the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-six years ago. Now that she's got her act together, she's aiming to be a mom like she always knew she could. And she's hurtling straight for April's quiet little life....

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I had my doubts when I first started reading this novel - narrated by an adult adopted person (sensible and down-to-earth) who is unexpectedly contacted by her birth mother (flamboyant to say the least - in the movie the birthmom is played by Bette Midler). The plot seems headed for improbable and unrealistic, but takes a surprising turn toward reality and ends up being a nice, sweet story. The movie is apparently not as good as the book.This was the author's first novel, published around 1990,

Great book...ending wasnt what i expected...

Just a really pleasing, satisfying story. I think this may have been my first by Lipman, but I'll be looking for more.

This was a pleasant enough read, but it went on way too long, and the main character is so passive I have to wonder - if she were real, would she be entirely healthy? I think this is one of the author's first novels so she can be forgiven for all this, I'm sure. The mom is 100% certifiable and a total narcissist. Kinda weird that this book is from the late '80s and there wasn't the sort of focused armchair-diagnosing that seems so common now.

I saw the trailer for the movie that is based on this book and thought I would like to see it - then I found out it was rated R. Saw the book in the grocery store last week and bought it. The first chapter is one of the greatest hooks I have ever read, starting with the sentence, "My biological mother was seventeen when she had me in 1952, and even that was more than I wanted to know about her.", and ending with the sentence, "Then she found me." What follows is a reunion story set in 1988

Elinor Lipman is one of my favorite authors. I re-read Then She Found Me in preparation for the April release of the film -- directed by and starring Helen Hunt. The book and movie are different (plots vary greatly) but both have the same Lipman charm. Yeah for Elinor (and Helen)!

I read this book in anticipation of the upcoming Helen Hunt movie, which I thought looked pretty good. It turns out the movie story and the book story are pretty different, but I genuinely enjoyed the book. It was well written - much better than I expected from the look and feel of the story/cover - and it was fast-paced and witty with very real feeling characters. All in all, not the best book I've ever read but genuinely enjoyable.