Meredith McKay (aka "Saint Meredith") was the good girl growing up in her New Jersey family of five. Now she lives in Atlanta with her southern boyfriend, Travis. Family dynamics rarely change, and older brother Christian and younger sister Hope still play the roles of playboy and spoiled brat, respectively.

When Meredith comes home for her former best friend Jeannie's bachelorette party and upcoming marriage to Christian, things seem normal. Everyone behaves just as they always have. Her father hides in the basement with his clipboards of instructions for breeding fish, and her mother, the martyr, leaves for a well-deserved six-week overseas trip with her sister.

The worry begins when her usually punctual father doesn't show up for dinner after dropping mom at the airport. Hours later, the phone rings, and he's broken a leg. Instead of worrying mom, Meredith agrees to stay in New Jersey for the summer to nurse her incapacitated father.

Through a series of family frustrations, heated meetings with a now-sexy Scott Sheridan, and 10-year-old unresolved arguments with her former best friend, Meredith realizes both what she hasn't yet learned and how far she's come.

EVERYONE ELSE'S GIRL is a snappy read and follows Crane's well-received first book, ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE. This is one you should read if you want a light, funny, engaging novel.