Review by
K.T Sullivan
The
author has written for the television shows Sex in the City and Modern
Family. Each chapter reminded me of the shows. This book is a personal
account of her meeting her husband, getting married, and trying to get pregnant.
It could be a show called How I Met My Husband. She was forty when she
married. Her husband proposed on horseback, wearing a suit of armor. Not afraid
to set the bar too high. He’s a “tattooed lawyer/poet/chef” and a
self-proclaimed bad bay. Between them, they have had numerous lovers and she
has been married before. She recounts getting a “get” from a rabbi, writing
their own vows, and attempts at pregnancy. There is fun and sadness in her
life.
I liked
the book because I like the two television shows she worked on. The chapters
could stand alone as episodes of a sitcom. The fact that she found love when
she wasn’t looking for it should strike a familiar chord. Love does have a way
of presenting itself at odd moments. They met when they arrived at a bar with
dates and ended up going home together.
She
doesn’t get overly romantic, except for his proposal. She writes in a fresh
matter of fact way, relaying her personal journey from party girl to mom.
The title
is apropos describing how marriage feels to her. It’s a constant reassessment
of a changing relationship.
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About the Author:
Cindy Chupack is a screenwriter who has won three Golden Globes and two Emmys for her work as a writer/executive
producer of HBO's Sex and the
City and
writer/co-executive producer of ABC's Modern Family.
Several
episodes she penned—namely, Sex and the
City 's "Evolution", "Attack of the 5'10"
Woman", "Just Say Yes", "Plus One is the Loneliest
Number", "I Love a Charade", and "Splat!", and Modern Family 's
"Little Bo Bleep"—were individually nominated for Writer's Guild
and/or Emmy awards. Chupack also worked on Everybody Loves Raymond as a writer/co-executive producer.
Her
first book, The Between
Boyfriends Book, was published by St. Martin's Press. Her second book, a comic
memoir about marriage entitled The
Longest Date, will be published by Viking in January 2014. She has also
written humorous essays for The New York Times, Real Simple, Harper's
Bazaar, People, Allure, Slate,
and Glamour.
Chupack
is from Tulsa,
Oklahoma. She received a journalism degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where she was a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Connect
with the author at:
I haven't really watched those TV shows but she sounds like she is really good at her job. I like the title of her book and isn't it so true! Personal books like this are interesting.
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