Pretty is as Pretty Does

Clement, Alison

ISBN 10: 0967370191 / ISBN 13: 9780967370194

Published by MacAdam / Cage Publishing, San Francisco, 2001

About this Item

First printing of the first edition. Author's first book. Signed by Alison Clement directly on the title page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

Seller Inventory # 004098

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pretty is as Pretty Does
• Publisher: MacAdam / Cage Publishing, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967370191
• ISBN 13: 9780967370194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Dorothy Carico Smith (Book design); Mike Young
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • A Collection of Women Writers
  • Signed First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

Lucy Fooshee has just married Bob Bybee, the second-richest farmer in the county if you don't count the Winklejohns -- and who'd want a name like Winklejohn, anyway? Add her enviable hubby to the local beauty queen titles she's won on account of her slim figure, full lips, and all-around good looks, and Lucy's the most envied young woman in Palmyra, Illinois. The most admired by men, too. Funny thing, though: now that she's married, no one even seems to notice anymore, and Lucy's feeling irritable. So when Billy Lee -- a stranger with no prospects -- comes to town and sees her in a whole new way, he upsets Lucy's applecart. Sure, she's got everything anyone in Palmyra could want, but maybe that's just not enough.

With her striking humor and picture-perfect observations about life in a small town, Alison Clement tells the hilarious, lusty, and ultimately touching story of a fiercely independent woman trapped in the body of a small-town beauty queen.

About the Author

Alison Clement has been a waitress, bartender, housepainter, and fruit picker. She lives with her partner and their two children in western Oregon, where she is an elementary school librarian.