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Libby Schmais
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The Perfect Elizabeth: A Tale of Two Sisters |
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No copies available |
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Paperback |
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240 |
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2001-11-05 |
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B000H2MPPO |
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St. Martin's Griffin |
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0.55 pounds |
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5.4 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches |
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1st Thus. |
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| Previous givers: |
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1 Sara (USA: NY) |
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1 Glenda Hamilton (USA: CA) |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
"My name is Eliza. My sister's name is Bette. Both of our names are diminutives of Elizabeth. It is as if we are the broken parts of one perfect Elizabeth" Liza is a would-be poet who spends miserable days as a legal secretary, while her sister, Bette, is teaching at a prestigious university and writing her dissertation on Toast in the English Novel. Bette has even taken to eating only that which the characters she is writing about would eat: nice cups of tea, boiled egg on toast, mincemeat.... Liza is a bit concerned. She is also concerned about the status of her realtionship with her actor boyfriend Gregor. They are not living together, and that is a problem. Then there is the issue of Liza's career, or the lack thereof. Can dog walking be considered a career? Liza is beginning to think so. Mercifully, Bette is merely a local phone call away. By the end of this charming novel, the sisters have dealt with unemployment, infidelity, interfering parents, Hollywood, lemmings, a pregnancy, and a wedding. Smart, poignant, and very funny, THE PERFECT ELIZABETH will strike a chord with anyone who has a sister who is nothing like them, anyone who has a sister who is just like them, and anyone who has ever wanted a sister.
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mb (USA: MI) (2012/12/18):
Fun story, set in NY and CA. Those are two of my favorite places, the characters were mostly likeable too, when they wouldn't let themselves be pushed around.
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http://bookmooch.com/B000H2MPPO |
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