Actors aren’t the only ones trying to make it in
Hollywood.…At twenty-three, Ruth Saunders left her childhood
home in Massachusetts and headed west with her
seventy-year-old grandma in tow, hoping to make it as a
screenwriter. Six years later, she hits the jackpot when she
gets The Call: the sitcom she wrote, The Next Best Thing,
has gotten the green light, and Ruthie’s going to be the
showrunner. But her dreams of Hollywood happiness are
threatened by demanding actors, number-crunching executives,
an unrequited crush on her boss, and her grandmother’s
impending nuptials.
Set against the fascinating backdrop of Los Angeles show
business culture, with an insider’s ear for writer’s room
showdowns and an eye for bad backstage behavior and set
politics, Jennifer Weiner’s new novel is a rollicking ride
on the Hollywood roller coaster, a heartfelt story about
what it’s like for a young woman to love, and lose, in the
land where dreams come true.