# Elizabeth the First Wife - Hardcover

by **Lian Dolan** (Author)

**The _Los Angeles Times_\-bestselling author of _Helen of Pasadena_ offers a smart, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about new love, new life, and Shakespeare.**

"A charmingly funny and effortless read....wonderfully developed cast of characters"  
\-- _Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)_

Elizabeth Lancaster, an English professor at Pasadena City College, finds her perfectly dull but perfectly orchestrated life upended one summer by three men: her movie-star ex-husband, a charming political operative, and William Shakespeare. Until now, she'd been content living in the shadow of her high-profile and highly accomplished family. Then her college boyfriend and one-time husband of seventeen months, A-list action star FX Fahey, shows up with a job offer that she can't resist, and Elizabeth's life suddenly gets a whole lot more interesting. She's off to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for the summer to make sure FX doesn't humiliate himself in an avant-garde production of _A Midsummer Night's Dream_.

As she has done so skillfully with her novels, _The Sweeney Sisters_ and _Helen of Pasadena_, which spent more than a year on the _Los Angeles Times_ bestseller list, Lian Dolan spins a lively, smart, and very funny tale of a woman reinventing her life in unexpected ways.

### Author Biography

Lian Dolan is a writer, producer and podcaster. She is the author of _The Sweeney Sisters_ and two _Los Angeles Times_ best-selling novels, as well as the editor of the Satellite Sisters' book _You're the Best_. Lian produces _Satellite Sisters_, a hit podcast recorded weekly with sisters Julie and Liz. She has written for _O, The Oprah Magazine_ and _Working Mother Magazine_, as well as for TV and print. Lian is an empty-nester, living with her husband and her German shepherd in Pasadena, California.

**Number of Pages:** 280

**Dimensions:** 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** May 07, 2013

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