Not Perfect, Elizabeth LaBan
Not Perfect, Elizabeth LaBan
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Not Perfect

Author: Elizabeth LaBan

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/01/2018


Synopsis

From Elizabeth LaBan, the acclaimed author of The Restaurant Critic’s Wife, comes a captivating and very funny novel about a wife and mother’s fall from grace, and why keeping up appearances is not her biggest secret.Tabitha Brewer wakes up one morning to find her husband gone, leaving her no way to support herself and their two children, never mind their upscale Philadelphia lifestyle. She’d confess her situation to her friends—if it wasn’t for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: “I’ll tell them what you did.”Instead, she does her best to keep up appearances, even as months pass and she can barely put food on the table—much less replace a light bulb. While she looks for a job, she lives in fear that someone will see her stuffing toilet paper into her handbag or pinching basil from a neighbor’s window box.Soon, blindsided by catastrophe, surprised by romance, and stunned by the kindness of a stranger, Tabitha realizes she can’t keep her secrets forever. Sooner or later, someone is bound to figure out that her life is far from perfect.

About Elizabeth LaBan

Elizabeth LaBan is the author of The Tragedy Paper, which has been translated into eleven languages; The Grandparents Handbook, which has been translated into seven languages; The Restaurant Critic's Wife; and Pretty Little World. She lives in Philadelphia with her restaurant-critic husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joel on November 22, 2024

First 5 stars as dictated by Joel......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 13, 2024

In this follow-up to the previous picture book by the same creative team, Dot proves that she and her best friend, Sam, just might have the perfect friendship. The opening pages introduce Dot, who tries hard at many activities but is never quite perfect at any of them. Even her handwriting is quite......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on April 17, 2024

A little girl, Dot, (from the author and illustrator’s previous book together Not Little) e’;/[/xplains that she’s good at some things but really wants to be perfect at something. When she gets frustrated about doing a great job on a school poster project, she screams, and rips up her work. After so......more


Quotes

“LaBan has written an amazingly heartbreaking yet uplifting story of a mother who is left with nothing and expected to keep going. Readers of Jennifer Weiner and Jane Green will want to try this one.” BooklistNot Perfect is a witty and relatable look at the secrets we keep and the quest for perfection.” —POPSUGARNot Perfect has a lively rom-com vibe to it—there is romance and humour and LaBan has created a likeable cast of characters...” Toronto Star