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Elise meets Donald on a flight to Washington, D.C., where he teaches and she edits self-help books. He is dreamy: 6’6” with unflinching green eyes and a proclivity for speaking frankly. Incredibly, they fall in love, get engaged, and start discussing wedding invitations. And then Elise meets ... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Elise: Main character - fiance of Donald - freelance editor who lives in Washington, DC - obsessed that Donald is going to leave her for Adrienne
- Donald: Add a description of this character.
- Adrienne: Scheming ex-fiance of Donald
- Gayle: Best friend of Elise - really fun character
- Fran: Owns dress shop - tough broad
- Terrance
- Anne
- Lucy: Dog of Donald and Adrienne
- Dr. Frond
- Einstein
- Dries Van Noten
Quotes edit
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“That woman is outside with your fiance - her ex-fiance. She's here, in your home, about to sit down at your premarital dinner table, and you had better not be drunk. Do you follow? I'd say I had better not be sober”
Gayle and Elise -
“Women obsessed with women are just as scary as men obsessed with women”
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First Sentence edit
We were, as it happened, Donald and I, deciding that evening on how we would have our wedding invitations printed - Engraving? Thermography? Lithography? - when Adrienne, Donald's ex-fiancee, called to share her good news: she was leaving New York to accept a job in Washington, where we lived, just after the first of the year.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Laura Zigman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 037541388X
Page Count: 224
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 037541388X
Page Count: 224
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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