"Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)" . . "stedfamilier" . . "New York" . . "Lawyers Fiction." . . "Roman psychologique." . . "Homosexuels Romans." . . "Gay men Fiction." . . "Fathers and daughters Fiction." . . "Stepdaughters." . . "New York (State)" . . "Fiction." . . . "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en . "A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer's ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well-ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now twenty-nine, an actress-hopeful, estranged from her newly widowed eccentric mother-Denise, Henry's ex. Hoping it will lead to better things for her career, Thalia agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a horror-movie luminary who is down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry's Upper West Side townhouse, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and he finds new life-and maybe even new love-in the commotion." . . "The Family man" . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . "A hysterical phone call from his ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend gay lawyer Henry Archer's wellordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago in this humorous domestic tale from the Upper West Side." . "Domestic fiction"@en . "Domestic fiction" . . . . "The new novel by the fabulous Elinor Lipman."@en . "Henry Archer's ex-wife is unhinged. And impossibly demanding. And recently widowed. A hysterical phone call from her is the last thing his calm, well-ordered life needs. But there is one happy side-effect: the chance to get back in contact with his beloved step-daughter. Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia is now 29, a would-be actress, estranged from her crackpot mother and about to embark on a risky plan to pose as the girlfriend of a struggling actor down on his romantic luck. When Thalia and her complicated social life move into the basement of Henry's Manhattan home, she finds a champion in her long-lost father, and Henry finds that out of chaos comes life, and maybe even love." . . . . . "Reunited with his long-lost stepdaughter by an ex-wife's hysterical plea for help, gay lawyer Henry Archer allows the young woman to move into his basement, where she reluctantly poses as the girlfriend of a down-on-his-luck former sitcom star."@en . . . "Large type books" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A hysterical phone call from Henry Archer's ex-wife and a familiar face in a photograph upend his well-ordered life and bring him back into contact with the child he adored, a short-term stepdaughter from a misbegotten marriage long ago. Henry is a lawyer, an old-fashioned man, gay, successful, lonely. Thalia, now twenty-nine, is an actress-hopeful. When she moves into Henry's basement, Thalia finds a champion in her long-lost father." . . . . "The family man" . "The family man"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . "Stepdaughters Fiction." . . "homoseksualitet" . . "Father-daughter relationship Fiction." . . "Gay lawyers Fiction." . . "Avocats Romans." . . "advokater" . . "Pères et filles Romans." . . "Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.)" . . "FICTION Literary." . . . . "far-datter forholdet" . .