Our guest today: Liza Palmer
Why we love her: We fell in love with Liza when we read Seeing Me Naked and we've been crushin' ever since.
Her latest book: More Like Her
The scoop on it: In Frances’s mind, beautiful, successful, ecstatically married Emma Dunham is the height of female perfection. Frances, recently dumped with spectacular drama by her boyfriend, aspires to be just like Emma. So do her close friends and fellow teachers, Lisa and Jill. But Lisa’s too career-focused to find time for a family. And Jill’s recent unexpected pregnancy could have devastating consequences for her less-than-perfect marriage.
Yet sometimes the golden dream you fervently wish for turns out to be not at all what it seems—like Emma’s enviable suburban postcard life, which is about to be brutally cut short by a perfect husband turned killer. And in the shocking aftermath, three devastated friends are going to have to come to terms with their own secrets . . . and somehow learn to move forward after their dream is exposed as a lie.
Our thoughts: Another winner from one of our favorite authors! Put it in your beach bag pronto! Not to mention we LOVE the cover.
Fun fact: Liz was so inspired by Seeing Me Naked that she wrote her first author stalkerish gushing email to Liza years ago. She wrote back an encouraging and kind note the next day!
Giveaway: FIVE copies! Just leave a comment and we'll choose the winners on Monday, April 23rd after 6pm PST.
CHICK LIT IS NOT DEAD PRESENTS: LIZA PALMER'S 5 THINGS I'D TELL THE TEEN ME
1. No one has it together. Everyone is just as much of a wreck as you are, despite how great their hair looks.
2. Tori Amos will only get awesomer.
3. Blending in? Normal? These aren't as cool as you think they are. Standing out and being different are actually what's going to make your life worth living.
4. Yes, your family is just as magnificent as you think they are. But, magnificent doesn't necessarily mean easy or perfect. Magnificent things rarely are.
5. Stop wearing those batik pants. And if you can't stop wearing them, for the love of all that's holy, stop pegging them.
Thanks Liza! xoxo, L&L