My Hollywood [Paperback]

Claire, a composer and a new mother, has moved to Los Angeles so that her husband can follow his passion for writing television comedy. Suddenly the marriage—once a genuine 50/50 arrangement—changes, with Paul working late and Claire left at home with baby William, whom she adores but has no idea how to care for.
 
She hires Lola, a fifty-two-year-old mother of five, who is working in America to pay for her own children’s higher education back in the Philippines. Lola stabilizes the rocky household, and soon other parents try to lure her away. But what she sacrifices to stay with Claire and “Williamo” remains her own closely guarded secret.

“Beautifully realized. . . . One of the most insightful books in years about contemporary American life.” —San Francisco Chronicle 
  
“Simpson works habitual magic, showing how love travels, ownerless and unbidden.” —The New York Times Book Review 

 “Heart-wrenching. . . . This is a domestic novel and a highly political one.” —Time
 
“Simpson is a virtuoso. . . . Expansive and original.” —The Boston Globe
 
“[A] wise . . . haunting novel.” —People
 
“A double-Dutch game of masterful writing. . . . Won’t easily fade from anyone’s mind.” —Entertainment Weekly

“In Mona Simpson’s new novel about a modern marriage and its discontents, the saga of its Filipina domestic sketches a new variation on the American dream. . . . An intimate, ironic tale.” —Elle

“Wondrous work. . . . Painfully real and moving and funny.” —The Minneapolis Star-Tribune

“This is classic Simpson. . . . The most serious and potent truths are told.” —O, The Oprah lC