Gigi Levangie Grazer
Autore di The Starter Wife
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Gigi Levangie Grazer was born in Los Angeles, California in January 1963. She received a bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA. After graduation, she continued to work for television guru Fred Silverman developing and writing television shows. She is the author of Rescue Me (2000), mostra altro Maneater (2003), The Starter Wife (2006), and Queen Takes King (2009). The Starter Wife was adapted for an USA Network miniseries starring Debra Messing, and later for a television series; Maneater was adapted for a Lifetime miniseries starring Sarah Chalke. She has also written numerous screenplays, including Stepmom, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Gigi Levangie Grazer
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1963
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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Been There, Married That: A Novel di Gigi Levangie
On the one hand, I couldn't stop reading this. On the other hand, I kinda wanted to at times--it had a very dismissive attitude of some things that i've come to appreciate books taking seriously (#metoo especially, but not exclusively.). It wasn't a bad book, it just wasn't a great book. Highly highly readable, very fast read, it's probably a good beach read or for any time you want something light and (trying to be) silly.
Agnes Murphy Nash is the perfect Hollywood wife – she has the right friends, the right clothes, and even a side career of her own as a writer. Her husband Trevor is a bigshot producer, and from the outside it looks like they’re living a picture-perfect celebrity life, complete with tennis tournaments and lavish parties.
BEEN THERE, MARRIED THAT is a rapid-fire snark fest, focusing on the vapid, silicone-laden, entitled, shallow, trophy wife, moneyed California star culture, where the assistants have assistants, the kids have multiple nannies, and appearances are everything.
Agnes is supposed to be above it all (as a wife who DARES to have a career as a writer) but she still indulges in SoulCycle and whatever other "in" fitness to keep her hubby happy. She's an odd mix of smart and clueless (in a world where divorces are common, she seems a bit daft to NOT take action.)
The storylines were both eye-rolling and ire-rasing; the characters' behaviors made me both laugh and exasperated (my eyes hurt from rolling them so hard). From the Triplets- the Spanish-speaking help (who I sometimes had a hard time keeping up with WHAT exactly their jobs were) to Agnes' "frenemies" to the outrageous attitudes (when her husband calls an intervention for her supposed eating habit problem - she eats too many almonds - and sends her to rehab in the midst of marriage issues and a possible divorce) Aggie views it as a bit of a "spa vacation" and agrees to go. (She's a writer - we generally have overactive imaginations, so I found it hard to believe she wouldn't read more into this attempt, but instead, she goes along with the insanity.
At times the story jumped awkwardly, but I admit, I couldn't tell if this was the writing or bad formatting in the digital ARC I was reading. (it could have been missing chapter breaks?) The first half of the book felt almost manic and a bit all over the place. (There is a lot of stream of consciousness coming from Aggie). However, once the divorce started to actually progress in the second half of the book, the pace grew steadier. The characters were outrageous in a fun-to-read/"glad I don't know them" way.
Perfect for fans of Laura Weisberger's THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA/WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LULULEMONS.
I’m giving this three-and-a-half stars, rounding up to four, because of the uneven and manic start, but I could overlook it because it was such a hoot.
I was provided a digital advance copy via NetGalley; all opinions are my own.… (altro)
Agnes is supposed to be above it all (as a wife who DARES to have a career as a writer) but she still indulges in SoulCycle and whatever other "in" fitness to keep her hubby happy. She's an odd mix of smart and clueless (in a world where divorces are common, she seems a bit daft to NOT take action.)
The storylines were both eye-rolling and ire-rasing; the characters' behaviors made me both laugh and exasperated (my eyes hurt from rolling them so hard). From the Triplets- the Spanish-speaking help (who I sometimes had a hard time keeping up with WHAT exactly their jobs were) to Agnes' "frenemies" to the outrageous attitudes (when her husband calls an intervention for her supposed eating habit problem - she eats too many almonds - and sends her to rehab in the midst of marriage issues and a possible divorce) Aggie views it as a bit of a "spa vacation" and agrees to go. (She's a writer - we generally have overactive imaginations, so I found it hard to believe she wouldn't read more into this attempt, but instead, she goes along with the insanity.
At times the story jumped awkwardly, but I admit, I couldn't tell if this was the writing or bad formatting in the digital ARC I was reading. (it could have been missing chapter breaks?) The first half of the book felt almost manic and a bit all over the place. (There is a lot of stream of consciousness coming from Aggie). However, once the divorce started to actually progress in the second half of the book, the pace grew steadier. The characters were outrageous in a fun-to-read/"glad I don't know them" way.
Perfect for fans of Laura Weisberger's THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA/WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LULULEMONS.
I’m giving this three-and-a-half stars, rounding up to four, because of the uneven and manic start, but I could overlook it because it was such a hoot.
I was provided a digital advance copy via NetGalley; all opinions are my own.… (altro)
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- 11
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- 1,526
- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.2
- Recensioni
- 86
- ISBN
- 84
- Lingue
- 3
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