Brooke loved reading the dishy celebrity gossip rag Last Night. That is, until her marriage became a weekly headline.Brooke was drawn to the soulful, enigmatic Julian Alter the very first time she heard him perform βHallelujahβ at a dark East Village dive bar.Now five years married, Brooke balances two jobsβas a nutritionist at NYU Hospital and as a consultant to an Upper East Side girlsβ school, where privilege gone wrong and disordered eating run rampantβin order to help support her husbandβs dream of making it in the music world.Things are looking up when after years of playing Manhattan clubs and toiling as an A&R intern, Julian finally gets signed by Sony. Although no oneβs promising that the album will ever hit the airwaves, Julian is still dedicated to logging in long hours at the recording studio. All that changes after Julian is asked to perform on the Tonight Show with Jay Lenoβand is catapulted to stardom, literally overnight. Amazing opportunities begin popping up almost dailyβa new designer wardrobe, a tour with Maroon 5, even a Grammy performance.At first the newfound fame is funβwho wouldnβt want to stay at the Chateau Marmont or visit the set of one of televisionβs hottest shows? Yet it seems that Brookeβs sweet husbandβthe man who canβt handle hot showers and wears socks to bedβis increasingly absent, even on those rare nights theyβre home together. When rumors about Brooke and Julian swirl in the tabloid magazines, she begins to question the truth of her marriage and is forced to finally come to terms with what she thinks she wantsβand what she actually needs.
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