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 โHallelujahโ at a dark East Village dive bar.Now five years married, Brooke balances two jobsโas a nutritionist at NYU Hospital and as a consultant to an Upper East Side girlsโ school, where privilege gone wrong and disordered eating run rampantโin order to help support her husbandโs 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 oneโs 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 Lenoโand is catapulted to stardom, literally overnight. Amazing opportunities begin popping up almost dailyโa new designer wardrobe, a tour with Maroon 5, even a Grammy performance.At first the newfound fame is funโwho wouldnโt want to stay at the Chateau Marmont or visit the set of one of televisionโs hottest shows? Yet it seems that Brookeโs sweet husbandโthe man who canโt handle hot showers and wears socks to bedโis increasingly absent, even on those rare nights theyโre 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 wantsโand what she actually needs.
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