The Starter Wife

A witty, satirical and wildly entertaining novel about life (and love) after divorce....Hollywood style.

Gigi Levangie is set to inherit Jackie Collins' crown with her expose of life in Hollywood's fast lane...You'll love the cast of superbitch characters and amoral gossip'

Fearless and fabulous...Only an insider could have so much wicked fun with the intricacies of Hollywood's power couples

Lauren Weisberger, author of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

A social satire that's biting and touching in equal measures

I think what she's doing is great. We write about the real Hollywood'

Hysterical...Full of glamour, bitching and backstabbing - we love it

With this biting exposé of Hollywood marriages, Gigi Levangie is the worthy successor to Jackie Collins' throne

'Acidic and unforgiving...This hilariously accurate skewering of the mores - and the morons - of Hollywood left a deliciously vile taste in my mouth, and I loved it!

'Witty and intelligent...just the thing for a lazy summer day'

Witty novel about life and love after divorce, Hollywood-style.

A bitchy and entertaining look at life in La-La Land

Gigi Levangie lives with her film producer husband and four children in Los Angeles, California. Her previous novel, Maneater, is also published by Black Swan. Visit the author's website at www.gigigrazer.com

There are starter jobs. Starter cars. Starter houses. And then there are starter wives... 
When her husband dumps her (by cell phone) just months before their ten-year wedding anniversary, Gracie Pollock is left reeling. Though her role as the wife of a semifamous studio executive often left her cold, Gracie had grown accustomed to the unique privileges extended to Tinseltown's elite. Gracie really believed that she and Kenny were different from other Hollywood couples. She never thought she'd be a starter wife. But now that her marriage is over, she's a social pariah and things go from bad to worse when she learns - via her florist - that her husband has upgraded: Kenny is dating a famous blonde pop starlet. 
 
Gracie seeks refuge at her best friend's Malibu mansion for some much-needed divorce therapy but soon she's associating with all the wrong people including the security guard, Kenny's boss - one of Hollywood's better known Lotharios - and a mysterious hunk who saves her from drowning. But who is he?

Maneater

MANEATER is a deliciously wicked, entertaining and totally outrageous novel about a woman who decides to marry a millionaire, with a plot that is full of twists and turns, and a central character you'll love to hate... and then hate to love.

'This book has changed my life - I now understand the importance of only drinking red drinks'

Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City

'I could not put down Maneater by Gigi Levangie. It was so true to how Hollywood really is'

'Maneater is the rare satire that manages to be both scathingly funny and affectionate toward its targets. Gigi Levangie's gloriously ditzy L.A. party girls make the women of Sex and the City seem like a bunch of stuffy New York intellectuals'

'This is an entertaining and lively book - but women aren't really like that, right?'

Gigi Levangie is the original screenwriter of Stepmom, which was made into the Columbia Tristar movie starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. The feature film rights for Maneater have already been sold to Mandalay Entertainment and will go into production in 2003. Her previous book, Rescue Me, is currently being developed into a film at Fox Searchlight. Gigi lives in Pacific Palisades, California with her husband, producer Brian Grazer, and their three children.

Clarissa is an archetypal LA babe. She is 28 (real age 31), has never done a day's work in her life and is outspoken, hedonistic and exceedingly manipulative. And she wants to keep it that way. Her life is a constant round of lunches with her hilariously bitchy girlfriends (known as the Star Chamber), parties, and yet more parties. The only thing missing from her life is a rich husband to keep her in the manner to which she has become accustomed. So, without further ado, she sets about planning an extravagant wedding (just two hundred of her closest friends) and reserving the finest hotel suites in town for her reception before she's so much as spoken to her intended. But she soon finds out that Aaron, the son of a billionaire, is more than a match for her and that, for the first time in her life, Clarissa has bitten off more than she can chew.

Gigi Levangie

A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure 
to be another big hit

Grazer has Hollywood cred and brings a rollicking romantic-comedy tempo to her story of busting up and moving on

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman called Cynthia, queen of glittering Manhattan, who had everything she could ever want. Including a handsome king, otherwise known as her husband, sexy Jack Powers, wealthiest man in New York, and apparently devoted to wife and family. 
 
But wait a minute, isn't that a wicked witch in the distance? Cynthia's just discovered her husband's playing away with beautiful TV anchor Lara Sizemore, who's head over heels in love with Jack. Now she has to decide whether her fairytale is worth trying to save... 
 
Will they all live happily ever after - or can only one person have a true Fairytale Ending?

Fairytale Ending

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A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure
to be another big hit

Grazer has Hollywood cred and brings a rollicking romantic-comedy tempo to her story of busting up and moving on

Another delightful guilty pleasure

A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure
to be another big hit

Grazer has Hollywood cred and brings a rollicking romantic-comedy tempo to her story of busting up and moving on

Another delightful guilty pleasure

A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure
to be another big hit

Grazer has Hollywood cred and brings a rollicking romantic-comedy tempo to her story of busting up and moving on

Another delightful guilty pleasure

Books by Gigi Levangie

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A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure to be another big hit

Grazer has Hollywood cred and brings a rollicking romantic-comedy tempo to her story of busting up and moving on

Another delightful guilty pleasure

A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure to be another big hit

Grazer has Hollywood cred and brings a rollicking romantic-comedy tempo to her story of busting up and moving on

Another delightful guilty pleasure

A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure to be another big hit

Grazer has Hollywood cred and brings a rollicking romantic-comedy tempo to her story of busting up and moving on

Another delightful guilty pleasure

Books by Gigi Levangie

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A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure
to be another big hit

A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure
to be another big hit

A sly, observant report from a rarefied world that's sure
to be another big hit