Isabels Bed *P

by Elinor Lipman

Ghostwriting the memoirs of scandalous blonde Isabel Krug, recently jilted Harriet Mahoney learns about her subject's tangled history and finds that Isabel is helping her to re-create herself. Reprint.

• ISBN10: 0671881612
• ISBN13: 9780671881610
• Publish Date: 1 August 1996
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 17 June 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jane]

I can't believe I never wrote up a review for this! It's not even on my own blog. :/

This book wound up being one of my favorites. It's slow to get into, but it's the kind you need to read the first 200 pages of for it to start getting good -- and if you go into it having any thoughts about what you'll think about it, you'll be disappointed. "Isabel's Bed" requires an open mind. It's not going to be overtly sexual. It's humorous, more so after the half mark. Isabel's a hoot, and Harriet's a seedling coming into full bloom.

The ending is an unexpected, yet pleasant, one -- it was refreshing, actually, how I was unable to predict how it'd turn out. I adore that in a book.

If you despise subtle, slow-unwinding plots which edge and edge you until the conclusion, this book won't be ever in your favor.