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false <![CDATA[The Smart One and the Pretty One]]> 3137694 2 "This sparkling novel about two sisters is both witty and stylish. Even if you don't have a sister of your own, you won't be able to resist LaZebnik's charming take on modern relationships. Read it!" - Holly Peterson, bestselling author of The Manny When Ava Nickerson was a child, her mother jokingly betrothed her to a friend's son, and the contract the parents made has stayed safely buried for years. Now that still-single Ava is closing in on thirty, no one even remembers she was once "engaged" to the Markowitz boy. But when their mother is diagnosed with cancer, Ava's prodigal little sister Lauren comes home to <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Los Angeles</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> where she stumbles across the decades-old document. Frustrated and embarrassed by Ava's constant lectures about financial responsibility (all because she's in a little debt. Okay, a lot of debt), Lauren decides to do some sisterly interfering of her own and tracks down her sister's childhood fiancé. When she finds him, the highly inappropriate, twice-divorced, but incredibly charming Russell Markowitz is all too happy to re-enter the Nickerson sisters' lives, and always-accountable Ava is forced to consider just how binding a contract really is . . . 3169118 book 10 9 2008 The Smart One and the Pretty One total:410|5:32|4:127|3:177|2:61|1:13| 410 1334 771 99 4 1 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 16:16:12 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 16:16:24 -0700 2008 ISBN: 9780446582063
5-Spot, 2008
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com, 09/08
4 Stars
Humorous and thought provoking…
Ava and Lauren might look alike, but the two sisters are as different as night and day. Ava is a successful lawyer. She...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:19:50 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:31:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 16:17:47 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 16:23:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:05:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:05:02 -0700 2009 Smart, successful Ava Nickerson is closing in on thirty and has barely had a date since law school. When a family crisis brings her prodigal little sister Lauren back to Los Angeles, Lauren stumbles across a forgotten document - a contract their parents had jokingly drawn up years a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 12:10:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:48:38 -0700 2009 1
Both sisters, Ava and Lauren, are relatable - -...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 05 11:01:20 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:08:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 15:49:39 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 16:59:58 -0700 2009
I liked the family relationships in the book. I enjoyed the byplay between the sisters, and how they went about reestablishing their f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 30 09:21:44 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:28:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 20:04:25 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 20:06:15 -0800 2008 1 Claire LaZebnik Nails It
I love a good sister story and found this one, The Smart One and the Pretty One, thoroughly enjoyable. It’s not a stretch of the imagination to guess we have two interesting young women, one a responsible lawyer, and the other a recently fired spendthrift, each travel...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 09:54:50 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 08:54:45 -0700 2008 1 The Smart One and the Pretty One,
Written By: Claire LaZebnik
Published By: Hachette Book Group, New York, 2008, First Edition, 290 pages, paperback, ISBN 978-0-446-58206-3

“The Smart One and the Pretty One is a humorous, fun-loving story of sisters who meddle in each other’...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 01 10:13:33 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 08:53:41 -0800 2008
This book was really all about Ava, the "smart one" becoming pretty and popular. I don't feel like she ever really appr...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 22:49:32 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 11 16:38:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:01:08 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:08:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 16 17:30:33 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 17:32:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 05:18:38 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 05:18:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Sep 07 10:05:13 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:07:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 23:07:13 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 11:30:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 16:33:27 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 08:43:47 -0800 2008
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