George and Lizzie : A Novel (Hardcover)

from Pet12

In her debut novel, Nancy Pearl tells the story of a marriage. It was beyond me why Lizzie and George got married in the first place and it remained a mystery to me why they stayed together. I have the feeling I kind of missed the point of this story. The main focus is on Lizzie. George, in my op...

from pdebolt

This book engaged me more than I thought it would once I understood how a flawed childhood led Lizzie to make some incredibly poor decisions due to her lack of self worth. Her engagement in the "Great Game" involved intentionally having sex with the entire first starters of her high school's foot...

from CarrieWuj

3.5 I love Nancy Pearl's collections of book lists: Book Lust, Book Crush, so was excited to read (listen to) her novel. She was the actual narrator on the audio book, which wasn't a great fit....so overall a bit of disappointment over this. It seems a bit like a YA book because the main characte...

from librarian1204

The world needs more Georges. George and Lizzie meet at the University of Michigan. They meet at the bowling alley where George is trying to impress his date and a stoned Lizzie is trying to forget the boyfriend who left for the summer and never came back. Lizzie is a difficult character, the pro...

from NewsieQ

Lizzie grows up in the Midwest, a lonely only child of academic parents - behavioral psychologists -- who haven't a clue about how to raise a child and aren't ever going to learn. Although Lizzie isn't abused, she's neglected in most of the ways that count. Mendel and Lydia are not the parents fr...