Alison Lurie was born on September 3, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Lurie is an American author who won the Pulitzer prize in 1985 for Foreign Affairs. This was also adapted as a TV movie in 1993 starring Joanne Woodward, Brian Dennehy, and Eric Stoltz. Alison Lurie also has a keen interest in children's books and has published volumes of children's stories.
Book Review:Virginia Miner is abroad, in London, yet she feels English. She looks down on her tourist compatriots. Desperately lonely though, she hooks up with her colleague, Fred Turner, also American, also lonely.
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