The Perfect Elizabeth
This modern-day Sense and Sensibility is a witty story about two sisters: Liza, a would-be poet who spends miserable days as a legal secretary; and Bette a graduate student writing her dissertation on Toast in the English Novel. Bette has taken to eating only what the characters she is writing about would eat: boiled eggs on toast, mincemeat, nice cups of tea...Liza's a bit concerned. She's also worried about the status of her relationship with her actor boyfriend, Gregor. They're not living together, and that's a problem.
Then there's the issue of Liza's career, or lack thereof. Can dog-walking be considered a vocation? Liza's beginning to think so. Mercifully, Bette is merely a local phone call away. Throughout this hilarious novel, the sisters deal with unemployment, infidelity, interfering parents, Hollywood, lemmings, a pregnancy, and a wedding. The Perfect Elizabeth is as indulgent and cathartic as a pint of Haagen-Dazs.
Do not open this book. It's too good. You'll start, and you won't be able to stop. With the addictive power of a bag of Oreos or a bowl of chocolate pudding, a modest amount will not satisfy you. 'Just one more delicious page,' you'll keep telling yourself. But you'll gobble up chapter after chapter until, too soon, you come to the end of this luscious treat of a novel. On second thought, go ahead, devour it in one sitting. You deserve it.--Sara Lewis, author of THE ANSWER IS YES
An up-to-the-minute comedy of manners in the grand tradition of Jane Austen, Barbara Pym, and Helen Fielding, THE PERFECT ELIZABETH is a book to be devoured (yes, like a pint of ice cream). Then you'll want to rush to tell your best friend to read it too. Libby Schmais has written a very funny and entirely charming novel that is sure to warm the heart."--Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of PURE POETRY -
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Then there's the issue of Liza's career, or lack thereof. Can dog-walking be considered a vocation? Liza's beginning to think so. Mercifully, Bette is merely a local phone call away. Throughout this hilarious novel, the sisters deal with unemployment, infidelity, interfering parents, Hollywood, lemmings, a pregnancy, and a wedding. The Perfect Elizabeth is as indulgent and cathartic as a pint of Haagen-Dazs.
Do not open this book. It's too good. You'll start, and you won't be able to stop. With the addictive power of a bag of Oreos or a bowl of chocolate pudding, a modest amount will not satisfy you. 'Just one more delicious page,' you'll keep telling yourself. But you'll gobble up chapter after chapter until, too soon, you come to the end of this luscious treat of a novel. On second thought, go ahead, devour it in one sitting. You deserve it.--Sara Lewis, author of THE ANSWER IS YES
An up-to-the-minute comedy of manners in the grand tradition of Jane Austen, Barbara Pym, and Helen Fielding, THE PERFECT ELIZABETH is a book to be devoured (yes, like a pint of ice cream). Then you'll want to rush to tell your best friend to read it too. Libby Schmais has written a very funny and entirely charming novel that is sure to warm the heart."--Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of PURE POETRY -
The Perfect Elizabeth
This modern-day Sense and Sensibility is a witty story about two sisters: Liza, a would-be poet who spends miserable days as a legal secretary; and Bette a graduate student writing her dissertation on Toast in the English Novel. Bette has taken to eating only what the characters she is writing about would eat: boiled eggs on toast, mincemeat, nice cups of tea...Liza's a bit concerned. She's also worried about the status of her relationship with her actor boyfriend, Gregor. They're not living together, and that's a problem.
Then there's the issue of Liza's career, or lack thereof. Can dog-walking be considered a vocation? Liza's beginning to think so. Mercifully, Bette is merely a local phone call away. Throughout this hilarious novel, the sisters deal with unemployment, infidelity, interfering parents, Hollywood, lemmings, a pregnancy, and a wedding. The Perfect Elizabeth is as indulgent and cathartic as a pint of Haagen-Dazs.
Do not open this book. It's too good. You'll start, and you won't be able to stop. With the addictive power of a bag of Oreos or a bowl of chocolate pudding, a modest amount will not satisfy you. 'Just one more delicious page,' you'll keep telling yourself. But you'll gobble up chapter after chapter until, too soon, you come to the end of this luscious treat of a novel. On second thought, go ahead, devour it in one sitting. You deserve it.--Sara Lewis, author of THE ANSWER IS YES
An up-to-the-minute comedy of manners in the grand tradition of Jane Austen, Barbara Pym, and Helen Fielding, THE PERFECT ELIZABETH is a book to be devoured (yes, like a pint of ice cream). Then you'll want to rush to tell your best friend to read it too. Libby Schmais has written a very funny and entirely charming novel that is sure to warm the heart."--Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of PURE POETRY -
Then there's the issue of Liza's career, or lack thereof. Can dog-walking be considered a vocation? Liza's beginning to think so. Mercifully, Bette is merely a local phone call away. Throughout this hilarious novel, the sisters deal with unemployment, infidelity, interfering parents, Hollywood, lemmings, a pregnancy, and a wedding. The Perfect Elizabeth is as indulgent and cathartic as a pint of Haagen-Dazs.
Do not open this book. It's too good. You'll start, and you won't be able to stop. With the addictive power of a bag of Oreos or a bowl of chocolate pudding, a modest amount will not satisfy you. 'Just one more delicious page,' you'll keep telling yourself. But you'll gobble up chapter after chapter until, too soon, you come to the end of this luscious treat of a novel. On second thought, go ahead, devour it in one sitting. You deserve it.--Sara Lewis, author of THE ANSWER IS YES
An up-to-the-minute comedy of manners in the grand tradition of Jane Austen, Barbara Pym, and Helen Fielding, THE PERFECT ELIZABETH is a book to be devoured (yes, like a pint of ice cream). Then you'll want to rush to tell your best friend to read it too. Libby Schmais has written a very funny and entirely charming novel that is sure to warm the heart."--Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of PURE POETRY -
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| BN ID: | 2940016241760 |
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| Publisher: | McPherson Press |
| Publication date: | 03/16/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 653 KB |
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