Elinor

In one instance, a man at a bar tries to manipulate Elinor, insulting her as a way to get her attention.

Though the novel opens with Elinor’s uncertainty, by the end, just as she is sure the assault on the plane happened, she understands too this assignment is hers to own.

First, there’s the destabilizing incident on the plane, and then Elinor learns of a local girl who has gone missing and the racially targeted violence that erupted in reaction.

There’s the threat of Elinor’s own past, memories of a mother who abandoned the family.

But while Elinor Carucci snaps the harsh realities of life with twins, she also finds beauty.

It was sometimes Andy himself, as when he poked fun at Elinor Donohue after she vowed to run for office.

“Newt mocked & railed & condescended/Now the race has been upended”—Elinor Lipman sings the song of Newt.

Elinor Lipman is the author of 10 works of fiction,  most recently The Family Man.

Chocolate-Covered Brownie Ice-Cream Cone Cupcakes by Elinor Klivans.

I think she will like my Elinor, but cannot build on anything else.

Barely waiting for Elinor to withdraw, "Pecksniff" had turned on Folsom.

Pondering over the facts, Elinor Folsom slowly retraced her steps and went downstairs.

Burleigh felt that he was unwelcome, but his eyes were fixed in fascination on Elinor Folsom, and he could not go.

In the parlor the young staff officer was pacing up and down, but his face lighted at sight of Elinor.