Perfect Elizabeth: A Tale of Two Sisters

Libby Schmais

ISBN 10: 0312270801 / ISBN 13: 9780312270803

Published by St. Martin's Griffin November 2001, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perfect Elizabeth: A Tale of Two Sisters
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin November 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312270801
• ISBN 13: 9780312270803
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

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, minemeat, 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.

About the Author

Libby Schmais has held various jobs, ranging from working at the complaint department at Club Med to a brief stint as an astrologer. She recently coauthored a nonfiction book titled Living Well With Cancer. Schmais is married to her first husband, a Scottish bass player. She lives in New York City, not far from her sister, and is working on her second novel.