Tips for Living, Renee Shafransky
Tips for Living, Renee Shafransky
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Tips for Living

Author: Renée Shafransky

Narrator: Susan Bennett

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/01/2018

Synopsis

On the day Nora discovered that her husband, Hugh, had gotten another woman pregnant, she made a vow: I will come back to life no matter how long it takes…It’s taken Nora three years. With the help of her best friend, she fled New York City for a small resort town, snagged a job as the advice columnist for the local paper, and is cautiously letting a new man into her life. But when Hugh and his perfect new family move into a house nearby, Nora backslides. Coping with jealousy, humiliation, and resentment again is as hard as she feared. It’s harder still when Hugh and his wife are shot to death in their home.If only Nora could account for the night of the murders. Unfortunately, her memories have gone as dark as her fantasies of revenge. But Nora’s not the only one with a reason to kill—and as prime suspect in the crime, she’d better be able to prove it.

About Renée Shafransky

Renée Shafransky is a writer and psychotherapist. Her articles and essays have appeared in various publications including the Village Voice, Condé Nast Traveler, and the Southampton Review. She has written screenplays for major motion picture studios and teleplays for HBO and PBS, working with renowned directors such as Harold Ramis. Previously married to actor and writer Spalding Gray, Ms. Shafransky produced the acclaimed film of his monologue, Swimming to Cambodia, directed by Jonathan Demme. She currently practices as a psychotherapist in New York City and Sag Harbor, where she makes her home with her partner, Nick, and her dog, Hitchcock. Tips for Living is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amber on January 04, 2018

Despite glowing reviews from other “good readers” I gave this 3 stars. While the first 100 pages hooked me in I found the middle quite slow and the thoughts of the main character very repetitive. There were many red herrings but it was all eventually revealed in a somewhat convoluted ending . For me i......more

Goodreads review by Brooke on January 15, 2018

Disappointingly Predictable I was able to read to the end even after feeling it was too obvious who the killer was... This was forgivable. However, the abrupt and lazy descriptions of people, such as "Latina woman" "African-American owner," "Asian man," "Jamaican attendant," and "Indian Doctor" descr......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on January 29, 2018

*3-3.5 stars. From the title, you might think this is a self-help book with advice for living a good life, right? But no, it's a cozy mystery set in Pequod, New York. Forty-one-year-old Nora Walker works for the Pequod Courier and writes a snarky, humorous column for the paper that is entitled Tips......more

Goodreads review by Caryn on February 01, 2018

3.5 Stars. This book started out with a bang and took off at a frenetic pace, which I loved. Nora lives in Pequod, New York, a tourist town, as a newspaper columnist trying to get her life back on track after her husband left her for another woman who got pregnant with his child. She’s trying to piec......more

Goodreads review by Linda on October 30, 2017

Lindas Book Obsession Review of “Tips For Living” by Renee Shafransky By Linda Zagon Kudos to debut author Renee Shafransky for a suspenseful, captivating, and intriguing novel “Tips For Living” :A Novel Of Suspense.(Lake Union Publishing: February 1,2018). The genres for “Tips For Living” are Myster......more

Quotes

“A clever debut suspense novel with…an intelligent and gutsy heroine deserving of her own series.” —Booklist“Readers will cheer Nora…the plucky narrator of Shafransky’s assured first novel…every step of the way…” —Publishers Weekly“An entertaining [debut]…The tale’s denouement is both nail-biting and action-packed…” —Kirkus Reviews

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