New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's My Life as a Villainess is a collection of her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonate with a large audience. Her voice is wry and relatable, her takes often surprising.
My Life as a Villainess is now available in Library Hardcover Edition!
There are so many rave reviews:
"Candid and quirky, this book will have special appeal to fans of her crime fiction. A wryly observed collection from a reliably good writer."
—Kirkus Reviews
"…compelling and clever self-interrogation."
—Los Angeles Times
"Lippman’s revelations about herself and her life are refreshingly candid and imbued with a seriously robust overtone of humor, a double-barreled approach that dovetails nicely with Lippman’s self-description of being 'gleefully honest.'"
—Boston Globe
"The essays, some new, some previously published, are overall a delight…Fans of Lippman’s novels (The Lady in the Lake) and her Twitter followers will gobble up this short collection and beg for more nonfiction from this gifted storyteller."
—Library Journal
"She revels in confession and connection, surprise and provocation, and she performs all with panache, wisdom, wit, and courage. Lippman asserts: “I’m a tough old bird,” and readers will declare: and one helluva true-tale teller."
—Booklist
"With its 'gleefully honest' hits of humor and willingness to take a close look at some discomfiting truths, it will come as no surprise to Lippman’s fans that My Life as a Villainess is an engaging read—an intrepid investigation of the author’s inner landscape…"
—BookPage
“Lippman contributes an appealingly candid voice to the literary conversation.”
—Publishers Weekly
Watch our interview with Laura Lippman from our Door to Door episode:
Take a look at an excerpt from the book here.
Listen to a clip from the audio book: