Elizabeth the First Wife

The Los Angeles Times-bestselling author of Helen of Pasadena offers a smart, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about new love, new life, and Shakespeare.

A charmingly funny and effortless read....wonderfully developed cast of characters
-- Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)

Elizabeth Lancaster, an English professor at Pasadena City College, finds her perfectly dull but perfectly orchestrated life upended one summer by three men: her movie-star ex-husband, a charming political operative, and William Shakespeare. Until now, she'd been content living in the shadow of her high-profile and highly accomplished family. Then her college boyfriend and one-time husband of seventeen months, A-list action star FX Fahey, shows up with a job offer that she can't resist, and Elizabeth's life suddenly gets a whole lot more interesting. She's off to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for the summer to make sure FX doesn't humiliate himself in an avant-garde production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

As she has done so skillfully with her novels, The Sweeney Sisters and Helen of Pasadena, which spent more than a year on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list, Lian Dolan spins a lively, smart, and very funny tale of a woman reinventing her life in unexpected ways.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Published: 05/07/2013
ISBN: 9781938849053
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/01/2013 pg. 72
Shelf Awareness 05/21/2013
Publishers Weekly 06/03/2013