| Lynn Caine | |
| Birth Date: | 1924 |
| Death Date: | December 16, 1987 |
| Death Place: | Manhattan, New York |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Nationality: | American |
| Genre: | Self-help |
| Years Active: | 1950s-1980s |
Lynn Caine (1924–1987) was an American author and publishing agent at Little, Brown and Company from 1967 to 1976.[1] She is best known for her best-selling book "Widow", published on May 29, 1974,[2] about her experiences after the death from cancer of her husband Martin Caine in 1971.[3] [4] In this book, she also talked about couples getting financing and life insurance, something Caine did not have after her husband died and she also mentions how she once refused a partnership in a financial counseling deal because she was only offered 10 percent. It was adapted into a TV movie[5] by Lorimar Productions and shown on NBC in 1976. She wrote three additional books; Lifelines (1978), What Did I Do Wrong? Mothers, Children, Guilt (1985),[6] and Being A Widow (1988). Journalist Timothy Noah included Widow in his list of self-help books but criticized, calling it "mediocre".[7] Contemporary Sociology said Widow " is very well known throughout America and it is a well written personal story of her experiences...".[8]
She continued writing and lecturing[9] until she died from cancer in 1987 at age 63.[10] Before her death, she had published another book Book for Widow through Arbor House.[11]