The Family Man by Elinor Lipman

lipmanI’ve read a bunch of her other books, some I really liked, some less than others.  This is her newest and I loved it. It was not a very long book and it was a quick read.  By the way, this was our choice for my new two person book club. We’ll be discussing it next week.

The main character, Henry, is a fiftysomething gay man living in Manhattan.  Years ago he’d been married to a woman with a very young child, whom he adopted.  A few years later when they split up and she remarried, he allowed her new husband to adopt the daughter and gave up his parental rights.  Now, thirty something years later he still feels deeply sad about it.  Coincidences occur and the long lost daughter is back in his life.  Continue reading