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<b>Read Ilana Stanger-Ross's posts on the Penguin Blog. </b> <b> A heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship amid love, loss, and lingerie </b> In the basement of her Brooklyn apartment, Sima Goldner welcomes women of all shapes and sizes with warmth, acceptance-and a bra that gives them the support and lift they need. But Sima, regretfully childless at sixty, and harboring a secret that has embittered her marriage, can't seem to do the same for herself. Then Timna, a young Israeli with enviable cleavage, arrives in search of a demi-cup and stays on to become the shop's seamstress. As they laugh, gossip, and sell lingerie, Sima finds herself awakening to hope and the possibility of happiness in this beguiling story of New York's underground sisterhood, and one woman's second chance. Watch a Video
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Sima's Undergarments for Women, Ilana Stanger-Ross
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Sima's Undergarments for Women
- Subtitle
- A Novel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ilana Stanger-Ross
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0143117483
- ISBN13
- 9780143117483
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Mystery Novels, Love, Family, Women, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, Friendship, Contemporary Romance, Relationships, Literary Fiction, Death, Realistic Fiction, Feminism, Parenthood, Marriage, New York, Money, Jewish Literature, Sisters, Divorce, Infidelity, Motherhood, Sadness, Infertility, Jewish Women
- Description
- <b>Read Ilana Stanger-Ross's posts on the Penguin Blog. </b> <b> A heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship amid love, loss, and lingerie </b> In the basement of her Brooklyn apartment, Sima Goldner welcomes women of all shapes and sizes with warmth, acceptance-and a bra that gives them the support and lift they need. But Sima, regretfully childless at sixty, and harboring a secret that has embittered her marriage, can't seem to do the same for herself. Then Timna, a young Israeli with enviable cleavage, arrives in search of a demi-cup and stays on to become the shop's seamstress. As they laugh, gossip, and sell lingerie, Sima finds herself awakening to hope and the possibility of happiness in this beguiling story of New York's underground sisterhood, and one woman's second chance. Watch a Video