Every Tom, Dick & Harry

by Elinor Lipman

Taking over her parents’ estate-sale business is not the life’s work that Emma Lewis bargained for.  Yes, she grew up helping them empty people’s nests, but nothing prepared her for her biggest and stickiest “get”--the grand, beautiful house of ill repute masquerading as a decidedly beddable B and B.   Should Emma turn down potential clients in need of decluttering just because they are shady, escort-y, and proud of it?

No. A girl must make a living.