
Outtakes from a Marriage
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Campbell
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By:
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Ann Leary
Or so Julia thinks, until the fateful evening when she accidentally hears a voice mail on Joe's phone - a message left by a sultry-sounding woman who clearly isn't just 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. Julia'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. A big husband-stalking nothing.
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. Joe was a shy, awkward drama student who followed her around like a lovesick spaniel. After he won her heart, Julia helped Joe evolve into a roguishly handsome charmer who became increasingly obsessed with his looks and his career. Julia, meanwhile, settled into doting motherhood and a new life of comfy clothes and parenting associations.
Now, faced with the looming awards show and the possibility of a destroyed marriage, Julia embarks on an accelerated self-improvement routine.
A unique take on the perennially popular issue of women trying not to lose themselves in matrimony and motherhood, Outtakes from a Marriage is expertly and humorously set against the Manhattan preschool mafia, the Hollywood machine, and the ticking clock of a waiting red carpet.
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Pretty Good Listen
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I DOUBT IT. IT WAS ENTERTAINING TO A POINT BUT NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED. I FELT CHEATED.Has Outtakes from a Marriage turned you off from other books in this genre?
I THINK THAT I DON'T LIKE BOOKS LIKE THIS ANYWAY SO IT MAY SLANT MY OPINION UNFAIRLY. BUT I DID NOT CARE MUCH FOR IT.What about Cassandra Campbell’s performance did you like?
SHE WAS FINE. CLEAR CRISP VOICE. EASY TO LISTEN TO.Could you see Outtakes from a Marriage being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
NO JUST THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON HERE.NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS IN THIS BOOK
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Would you listen to Outtakes from a Marriage again? Why?
Well, no. I feel once was enough.What did you like best about this story?
It's somewhat sad, but I must say if she thought her husband was cheating why didn't she check the phone records???? I'm not giving anything away here. She checks his messages but never calls the number or thinks to check the bill and call log???? That's the only thing I thought was kind of dumb.Which scene was your favorite?
I don't really have a favorite scene.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
If I reveal what really got to me, I'll give something away. I'd rather not do that.an easy listen
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I actually got a bit stressed out with it and didn't finish it as quickly as I could have, but came back to it. Marriage on the rocks in the celebrity world, but in a very real way that made me a bit sad. It's not really a sad story, but has moments of sadness and regret along with moments of joy and pride and youthful love that most of us can relate to.
The reader was really really good- I'll look for more of her!
not "The Good House", but still good...
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Abrupt Ending!
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I kept waiting for the storyline
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5 star all the way
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Views of a marriage from the inside.
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Funny and insightful
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Hated ending!
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