Mimi - Softcover

Lucy Ellmann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408833573 ISBN 13: 9781408833575

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2014

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve in Manhattan. Harrison Hanafan, noted plastic surgeon, falls on his ass. So far, so good. `Ya can't sit there all day, buddy, looking up people's skirts!' chides a weird gal in a coat like a duvet - Mimi! She kindly conjures for him the miracle of a taxi. Recuperating in his apartment with Schubert, Bette Davis, and a foundling cat, Harrison adds items to his life's work, a List of Melancholy Things (Walmart, puppetry, Velcro, whale eyes, shrimp-eating contests...). But when he receives a dreaded invitation to address his old school, Mimi reappears, with all her curves and chaos. She and Harrison fall emphatically in love. And, as their love-making reaches a whole new kind of climax, the sweet smell of revolution is in the air.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Illinois, Lucy Ellmann was dragged to England as a teenager. Her first novel, Sweet Desserts, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. It was followed by Varying Degrees of Hopelessness, Man or Mango? A Lament, Dot in the Universe and Doctors & Nurses. She now lives in Edinburgh.

From Booklist:

To be fair, Manhattan plastic surgeon Harrison Hanafan was not technically swept off his feet by Mimi when they first met on Christmas Eve. He managed to slip on the ice all on his own, and the resulting sprained ankle provided an ironclad excuse to finally break up with his erstwhile, overbearing girlfriend, Gertrude. But when he meets Mimi again a few weeks later, their love affair seems destined in a way neither can help or explain. While Mozart and Schubert provide the background score, their shared bohemian quirkiness, bawdy bravado, and mutually appreciative sense of feminist outrage stand them in good stead until Gertrude unexpectedly insinuates herself back into Harrison’s life. Soon after Mimi leaves him, Harrison’s beloved sister, Bee, dies, and without the women who matter most, Harrison finds his life spiraling out of control. With its saucy take on the perpetually perplexing battle of the sexes, Ellmann’s zany, zestful contemporary romantic comedy pulses with sultry steaminess and titillating humor. --Carol Haggas

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1408833573
• ISBN 13: 9781408833575
• Binding: Paperback