Not Perfect [Paperback]

From Elizabeth LaBan, the acclaimed author of The Restaurant Critics Wife, comes a captivating and very funny novel about a wife and mothers 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. Shed confess her situation to her friendsif it wasnt for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: Ill 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 tablemuch 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 neighbors window box.

Soon, blindsided by catastrophe, surprised by romance, and stunned by the kindness of a stranger, Tabitha realizes she cant keep her secrets forever. Sooner or later, someone is bound to figure out that her life is far from perfect.