Women of Emanu-El
April Book Club 
in person with Author Elinor Lipman

to discuss

"Ms. Demeanor"

Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join us for an in-person Women of Emanu-El Book Club discussion where Ms. Lipman will discuss “Ms. Demeanor”.  Temple member, Andrea Brown, will be moderator for this event.

Jane Morgan is a valued member of her law firm—or was, until a prudish neighbor, binoculars poised, observes her having sex on the roof of her NYC apartment building. Police are summoned, and a punishing judge sentences her to six months of home confinement. With Jane now jobless and rootless, trapped at home, life looks bleak. Yes, her twin sister provides support and advice, but mostly of the unwelcome kind. When a doorman lets slip that Jane isn't the only resident wearing an ankle monitor, she strikes up a friendship with fellow white-collar felon Perry Salisbury. As she tries to adapt to life within her apartment walls, she discovers she hasn’t heard the end of that tattletale neighbor—whose past isn’t as decorous as her 9-1-1 snitching would suggest. Why are police knocking on Jane’s door again? Can her house arrest have a silver lining? Can two wrongs make a right? In the hands of "an inspired alchemist who converts serious subject into humor”. (New York Times Book Review)—yes, delightfully.

Limited copies of this book are available from the temple library on a first come basis and will be available for pickup only at One East 65th Street in Greenwald Hall on the book cart. 

The book club discussion is open exclusively to temple members.

There is no charge for this event, but registration is required.