"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.

Released on Monday, June 02, 2003 at Karns Pool in Knoxville, Tennessee USA.

Released to my friend while at the pool.

Well, my friend returned this to me rather than journalling. Guess I'll just release it again...

I received this a while ago but I'm just getting around to journaling it now. It was on my wish list, Thanks Aisho!

Just finished reading this one after so much time on my bookshelf. It was ok - the perfect little book to bring on a holiday. I'll release it tonight at the inn where I'm staying; they have a lovely little bookshelf...

Will leave this book in paradise...enjoy!