{"product_id":"book-auuq","title":"Outtakes from a Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A sparkling debut novel...a bittersweet tale about love, marriage, and the perils of fame.\" —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia  and Joe Ferraro are living the good life in Manhattan now that Joe’s  finally made it; he’s the star of a hit TV show and has just been  nominated for a Golden Globe. Even better, Julia and Joe are still madly  in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr so Julia thinks until the fateful evening when she  accidentally hears a voice mail on Joe’s phone—a message left by a woman who is clearly more than a friend. Suddenly Julia is  in a tailspin, compulsively checking Joe’s messages, stalking him in  cyberspace, and showing up unannounced on his sets, wondering all along  if she should confront him.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia’s  search forces her to consider the possibility that in the long process of helping  Joe become something, she has become a bit of a “nothing,” as her daughter once described  her to her class on career day. When Julia and Joe  first met, she was an edgy East Village girl who wrote music reviews for the Village  Voice and threw famed parties in a gritty downtown loft with her friends. But after Joe won her heart, she settled into  doting motherhood and a new life of comfy clothes and parenting associations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now,  faced with the looming awards show and the possibility of a destroyed marriage, Julia  embarks on an accelerated self-improvement routine of Botox, hair extensions, and  erotically charged shrink sessions while dodging the sancti-mommies who lie in wait  for her at her son’s preschool each day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A unique take on the perennially popular  issue of women trying not to lose themselves in matrimony and motherhood, \u003ci\u003eOuttakes  from a Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e is expertly and humorously set against the Manhattan preschool mafia,  the Hollywood machine, and the ticking clock of a waiting red carpet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How  does a free spirit turned wife and mother cope with her actor husband's  infidelity?...With tears, irreverent humor and, ultimately, a  reaffirmed sense of self...A witty take on marital survival in  Manhattan—with heart.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49340332769584,"sku":"BDauuq","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/251901-auuq-Square.jpg?v=1734042290","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-auuq","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}