Pieces of Happily Ever After A Novel [Paperback]

What happensafter happily ever after ? Alice Hirsh is about to find out???

Alice, a former New Yorker who thought she'd never feel at home in the bizarre world of the San Fernando Valley, was adapting, raising her 5-year-old daughter while trying to keep her job and make her new house a home. When her attorney husband lands a trophy client ??? box-office queen Rose Maris ??? things begin to look up. Then Alex starts working late ??? a lot. He crunches his paunch into a six-pack and trades his Gap ensembles for Armani everything.

Soon, Rose and Alex's affair blazes in the tabloids and Alice is plunged into trash-gossip hell. Her life crumbles around her as she navigates her newly single self through suburban LA --a place rife with porn stars, psycho soccer moms and nutty neighbors.

Is there a chance to wrest Alex from the Sexiest Woman Alive? And if so... would Alice want him back? And what about George--her college sweatheart? Or Johnny, a walking charm-bomb paparazzo? As Alice inventories the rubble of her life, she desperately searches for her bearings and is forced to ask herself what she really wants from life, love and herself.

Irene Zutellbegan her career as a journalist. She has written forPeople,Us Weekly,The New York Times, theNY Daily News,Newsday,USA Todayand others. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

???A sassy, sweet tale of love lost and found.??? ???Publishers Weekly

???Young Gabby's obsession with fairy tales subtly mirrors Alice's new life as she explores what happens when you have to rescue yourself and make your own happily ever after, hopefully meeting a true Prince Charming along the way.??? ???Booklist

???This should give anyone experiencing drama in his or her life comfort to know that happily ever after comes in the moments between the disappointments, sadness and frustration.Pieces of Happily Ever l“È