Love in the Afternoon, and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas by Druckman, Charlotte

Love in the Afternoon, and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas

Part cultural analysis, part backstage tour, Love in the Afternoon, and Evening is a love letter to...
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Author: Charlotte Druckman
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Language: English
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Love in the Afternoon, and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas by Druckman, Charlotte

Love in the Afternoon, and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas

$26.38

Love in the Afternoon, and Evening: Essays and Conversations on Soap Operas

$26.38
Author: Charlotte Druckman
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Part cultural analysis, part backstage tour, Love in the Afternoon, and Evening is a love letter to a misunderstood, often-dismissed American genre. Critics, friends, and soap obsessives Charlotte Druckman and Mayukh Sen invite readers into a conversation that ranges from topics both serious (race, reproductive rights, queerness) and fun (fashion! long-lost daughters! evil twins!). Like any great soap, they structure their essays for surprise and emotional payoff, including interviews with divas Susan Lucci (All My Children) and Erika Slezak (One Life to Live), an exploration of the greatest soap satire ever made, deeper cuts like a Who's Who of the best-of-the-best actors on Falcon Crest, and much more. Together, these thoughtful essays get to the bottom of what makes a soap, tracing a throughline to reality TV and the shows that continue to hook us day and night with drama and emotion. Love in the Afternoon, and Evening will make you want to bust out your shoulder pads and binge your favorite show all over again.



Author: Charlotte Druckman,Mayukh Sen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/12/2026
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.51w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9781324075561


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2026

About the Author
Druckman, Charlotte: - Charlotte Druckman is an award-winning writer, author of Skirt Steak, and creator of the collection Women on Food. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and New York Magazine, among others. She lives in New York, where she was born and raised.Sen, Mayukh: - Mayukh Sen is the author of Love, Queenie--a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography--and Taste Makers. He is a 2026 United States Artists Fellow and teaches film and television reporting and criticism at New York University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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