![]() ![]() ![]() Neither Lizzie nor Ben is working in the field in which they studied. Even though she can’t afford it, Lizzie often hires a car service, where she is most likely the only customer in the age of rideshare competitors she wants owner Jimmy to survive. One neighbor is a drug dealer, and another, Mrs. Lizzie lives with her husband, Ben, and their son, Eli, in a small apartment in an unnamed New York City borough. The doctor says, “You don’t need a dentist, you need a psychiatrist.” She says, “I have a psychiatrist.” The doctor asks her again why she’s there. ![]() The book is also interspersed throughout with many amusing and corny jokes.Ī woman walks into a dentist’s office. Weather by Jenny Offill isn’t necessarily a funny book, but its author is very clever and her protagonist, Lizzie Benson, is a complicated mess, which can be amusing when it’s not crazy-making. In these uncertain times, reading something light with an edge of humor is a good idea. ![]()
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