Elizabeth Trostler LaBan '85 releases her fourth novel

Elizabeth Trostler LaBan, author of The Tragedy Paper a young adult novel inspired by her days as a student at Hackley, releases her fourth novel, Not Perfect. A captivating and humorous novel, Not Perfect is about a wife and mother’s fall from grace, and why keeping up appearances is not her biggest secret. Click "read more" to read the full description of Liz's latest book.

Tabitha Brewer wakes up one morning to find her husband gone, leaving her no way to support herself and their two children, never mind their upscale Philadelphia lifestyle. She’d confess her situation to her friends—if it wasn’t for those dreadful words of warning in his goodbye note: “I’ll tell them what you did.”

Instead, she does her best to keep up appearances, even as months pass and she can barely put food on the table—much less replace a light bulb. While she looks for a job, she lives in fear that someone will see her stuffing toilet paper into her handbag or pinching basil from a neighbor’s window box.

Soon, blindsided by catastrophe, surprised by romance, and stunned by the kindness of a stranger, Tabitha realizes she can’t keep her secrets forever. Sooner or later, someone is bound to figure out that her life is far from perfect.

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Elizabeth Trostler LaBan '85 releases her fourth novel

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