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| | Amazon.ca: Lip Reading: Books: Maureen Lipman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Propensities of family and friends are lucidly and amusingly disclosed, as is--save the odd crudity and matters concerning the cat--talk of dinner parties, hazards of hanging baskets, ostensible attachment for life to a microphone and battery pack by plastic cable ties, wedding presents, underwear, wrinkles and cruises. |
 | | Maureen Lipman has endured surgery and holistic healing for a tumour, danced with dolphins and thoroughly enjoyed her time playing Aunt Ella in the recent production of Oklahoma, yet there is little palpable warmth in this compendium of memoirs. |
 | | Lipman is well-known in Britain both for her acting talents and for her slightly neurotic, Jewish humour in the tradition of one her her favourite directors, Woody Allen. |
| www.amazon.ca /Lip-Reading-Maureen-Lipman/dp/0753196298 (375 words) |
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