The Smart One

Bev is the Smart One, who finally leaves her artistic ambitions in chalk dust (and her humor-impaired husband in the arms--and legs--of his nubile prot g e) to become a schoolteacher. Clare is the Pretty One, who married well and seems to be living a designer version of the suburban dream. Joey is the Wild One, struggling to stay clean and sober now that she's used up her fifteen minutes of fame as a one-hit-wonder rock star.

They love each other but mix like oil, water, and hundred-proof gin . . . a combination that threatens to combust over family tensions, suspected infidelities, a devastating accident, a stunning confession, and the sudden reappearance of their handsome, now all-grown-up former neighbor, Kenny Waxman, who's back in town making his mark as a TV comedy writer.

It seems they'll never understand where their differences begin and their own destructive tendencies end. Then it happens: the sisters discover a decades-old body stuffed inside an industrial drum and begin a bold, heartbreaking, and sometimes hilarious journey that will either bring them together . . . or tear them apart for good.

Author: Ellen Meister
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 08/05/2008
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.40w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780061129629

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/02/2008 pg. 29
Library Journal 07/15/2008 pg. 65
Booklist 08/01/2008 pg. 39

About the Author
Meister, Ellen: -

A former advertising copywriter, Ellen Meister left the business world behind to raise a family and chase her fiction-writing dreams. She lives on Long Island with her husband and three children. This is her second novel.