Besides being sisters, Martha and Eliza don't seem to have
anything in common. Martha has always worried about Eliza,
who seems to flit between relationships and flats and jobs
without any thought of the future. Eliza is envious of her
sister's loving marriage, beautiful children and perfect
dream home. Even though the sisters are close, and Eliza
stops by to visit Martha several times a week, neither of
the sisters is prepared for how their lives are about to
change.
At 30, Eliza is finally tired of setting the pace for the
trendy and rebellious party-girl lifestyle. She's been
staying at her musician boyfriend's apartment for the past
four years, but clubbing, drugs and take-away food have
become monotonous. Eliza is dreaming about health
insurance, dinner parties and motherhood when she decides
to leave her boyfriend in search of a grown-up life.
Martha is exhausted from taking care of two young children
and making a pleasant home for her husband. She keeps
things clean and organized and reassures herself that she
has many things for which to be grateful. When her husband
announces that he doesn't love her anymore and abruptly
moves out of the house, Martha's world falls apart.
With sisterhood triumphing over failed romantic
relationships, Eliza moves in to Martha's house and both
women attempt to put their lives back together. As they try
to reenter the dating scene, the sisters discover that
spending some time in the other woman's shoes may be the
answer to finding happiness.
This novel was originally published in the UK and retains a
fun Bridget Jones-feel in the language and setting. I
enjoyed the double romance storylines, and I always love a
happy ending! Adele Parks adeptly captures the
strong feelings of protective love, awkward envy and gut-
wrenching sympathy in the unbreakable bonds between
sisters. Eliza and Martha remind me of the wonderful sister
relationship in Jennifer Weiner's novel IN HER SHOES, which
is now also a movie. Boyfriends and husbands are great, but
both Eliza and Martha first need to discover a LUST FOR
LIFE.
Here's what the Evergreen sisters have in common: jealousy.
Eliza longs for the stability of Martha's picture-perfect
marriage; Martha craves the spontaneity of Eliza's life
with her sexy musician boyfriend. Now one of the sisters
has dumped her mate, and the other one just got dumped.
Suddenly single-minded, they are about to get what they
think they've always wanted -- a chance to walk in the
other woman's shoes.
...buy a pair in every color.
Here's what the Evergreen sisters found out: trading
placescan be a complicated affair. With new lovers in their
lives, Eliza's partaking in sensible discourse at upscale
dinner parties, while Martha's having great, no-strings-
attached sex. But love is full of surprises...and dream
lovers can be full of hot air. No longer green with envy,
can the Evergreen sisters each find a perfectly imperfect
man to make their lives -- their real lives -- truly
satisfying?
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