The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Elinor Lipman writes witty novels about middle-aged women. It's hardly a surprise she's not as well respected as she should be
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Elinor Lipman's 1990 novel "Then She Found Me," about a likable schoolteacher named April who unexpectedly is reunited with her flamboyant...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with THEN SHE FOUND ME, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment.
The Insider (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
The Oscar winner delivers her first film. Co-scripted by Hunt and adapted from the ELINOR LIPMAN novel, 'Then She Found Me' follows the misadventures of a Manhattan teacher (Hunt) whose life is turned upside down when her adoptive mother dies, her husband (Broderick) leaves her, one of her students (Firth) falls for her and her apparent birth mother (Midler) suddenly bursts into her life. When she...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
After some time away from the spotlight, Helen Hunt has re-emerged as the producer, director, co-writer, and star of an adaptation of Elinor Lipman's novel Then She Found Me.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
The 'Mad About You' actress stars, co-writes and directs the film based on Elinor Lipman's novel. HELEN HUNT didn't know what to expect when she got to the Toronto Film Festival last September. There with "Then She Found Me," her feature directing, co-writing and producing debut -- she also stars, but she's done that before -- she learned that it was screening at a 2,000-seat theater. So far, so good....
A Child Chosen (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Due to be released April 25th, Then She Found Me is star-studded with some of my absolute favorites; Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, and even Matthew Broderick. Directed by Helen Hunt, the movie is based upon the eponymous first novel by writer Elinor Lipman, the film tells the funny and moving story of one woman’s [...]
Cootiehog (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
One of my favorite authors is Elinor Lipman. The first book of hers that I read was “Then She Found Me” and I became an instant fan (she’s the only author to whom I sent a fan letter - and was thrilled when I got a response back several months later). She writes [...]
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
Next book in my Daily Book Excerpt - on my adult fiction shelves: The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman I read this wonderful book last year. Alice Thrift is a medical intern - in surgery - a rather...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
Next book in my Daily Book Excerpt - on my adult fiction shelves: The Way Men Act by Elinor Lipman My book excerpt series keeps me focused - I don't know why. It's a habit. Like daily exercise, or a...
The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
In The Boston Globe today, the novelist Elinor Lipman argues that we shouldn't have been upset when MSNBC's David Shuster asked whether Chelsea Clinton was being “pimped out” by her parents: I learned of Shuster’s question and its fallout while watching “Countdown,” from its increasingly self-important and bombastic anchor Keith Olbermann, who added his own wah-wahs [...]
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 02/15/2008
Next book in my Daily Book Excerpt - on my adult fiction shelves: Isabel's Bed by Elinor Lipman Isabel's Bed was a pretty major hit at the time - one of Lipman's biggest - and it's another book that makes...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008
Next book in my Daily Book Excerpt - on my adult fiction shelves: Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman What a wonderful writer Elinor Lipman is. She's hugely successful - her books sell - but I don't know if...
anonymous (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
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Cinema Blend Feeds (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007
Adapted from Elinor Lipman's novel of the same name, Helen Hunt makes her feature directing debut with THEN SHE FOUND ME, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth month (Bette Midler), who turns...
