Being Esther: A Novel

Eightysomething Esther Lustig tells the story of her life in a witty, touching novel that "will linger long in readers' minds and hearts" (Pioneer Press).

"Widowed and in her mid-eighties, Esther checks in with her friend Lottie each morning to confirm that each has made it through the night. But there is no way that she's going to surrender to her bossy daughter, Ceely, and move into an assisted living facility, which she disdainfully calls Bingoville. In her first novel, Karmel takes an u...