PRAISE FOR LADIES' LUNCH (2023) 2023 National Jewish Book Awards Finalist The New Yorker's Best Book of the Year in 2024 A Slate Best Book of the Year in 2023 The New Yorker's Best Books We've Read This Week Shelf Awareness Best Books We've Read This Week Literary Hub Books To Round Out This September A Barnes & Noble Best Books of 2023 A Barnes & Noble Our Monthly Pick "Mysterious, mesmerizing ." -- The New York Times "Segal writes with welcome clarity about life's final years, and if her characters are not always as wise as they think they are, Segal eyes them all with the unsentimental wisdom of a life spent writing wondrous stories and essays, a career spent telling the truth." -- Slate "Reading Ladies' Lunch , one can only be thankful that Segal has not 'thrown away' her people or her memories, which have given us this indispensable road map of our final journey." -- Ann Levin, The Forward "Gemlike stories from a master of the form." -- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review "Segal brings her rapier wit to this intelligent collection.Segal's unfailing ear and light comedic touch belie the momentous, existential nature of her subject matter. This is funny and moving in equal measure." --Publishers Weekly "Lore Segal celebrates with humor and grace the friendships that stand the test of time and the particular eccentricities of aging.

Ladies' Lunch, is a delightful example of Segal's quick and clever wit." --Shelf Awareness "These witty, sparky tales of ninetysomething Manhattanite ladies who lunch capture the everyday stuff of ageing." -- The Times "We are lucky to have this piercing collection." --Times Literary Supplement.