The Longest Date: Life as a Wife

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Wildly hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking, The Longest Date is Chupack's account of her failed first marriage to Perfect Man #1 (who, after two years, realised he was gay), meeting Perfect Man #2 (Ian), and their mutual realisation that matrimony is a matter of constant negotiation about cooking, holidays, space, money and sex. Her observations will ring true with women everywhere, and when Chupack recounts their ongoing struggle with infertility even the most hardened reader will be in tears.

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"Laugh-out-funny and surprisingly poignant."
~Booklist

"A straight-talking, funny and poignant memoir."
~Kirkus Reviews

The characters on Sex and the City (for which Cindy Chupack wrote) could never wait to get together and share the most scintillating details of their romantic triumphs and tribulations. Opening Cindy's book is like getting invited to lunch with those womenthe details are keenly observed, laugh-out-loud funny and you never want the meal to end.
~Cynthia Nixon

If you need a new best friendlook no further! Cindy Chupacks wonderful book will make you laugh, cry, and feel less alone.
~Winnie Holzman

Cindy's essays are dizzyingly good. They're funny, they're meticulously crafted, and you hardly notice she's doing a comedic equivalent of a ballerina's masterful pirouette. I laughed, I commiserated, I wanted more and more. Marriage is laid bare, negotiations, passion, uncertain leveraging, children, dogs and even boob-jobs are all covered with affection and brutal honesty.
~Julia Sweeney

Author Bio

CindyChupack has won three Golden Globes and an Emmy for her work as a writer/executive producer of HBOs Sex and the City. She also wrote for Everybody Loves Raymond, Coach, and a bunch of series only her parents would watch. She has written about dating and relationships for many magazines and had her own column in Glamour and O, The Oprah Magazine. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, her St. Bernard, and . . . youll just have to read the book.