Last Night at Chateau Marmont - Softcover

Weisberger, Lauren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439183600 ISBN 13: 9781439183601

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2010

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a compulsively readable tale of a woman whose struggling singer-songwriter husband is catapulted to fame, dragging them both onto the pages of celebrity gossip magazines--and changing their marriage forever.

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 "Hallelujah" at a dark East Village dive bar.

Now five years married, Brooke balances two jobs--as a nutritionist at NYU Hospital and as a consultant to an Upper East Side girls' school, where privilege gone wrong and disordered eating run rampant--in order to help support her husband's 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 one's 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 Leno--and is catapulted to stardom, literally overnight. Amazing opportunities begin popping up almost daily--a new designer wardrobe, a tour with Maroon 5, even a Grammy performance.

At first the newfound fame is fun--who wouldn't want to stay at the Chateau Marmont or visit the set of one of television's hottest shows? Yet it seems that Brooke's sweet husband--the man who can't handle hot showers and wears socks to bed--is increasingly absent, even on those rare nights they're 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 wants--and what she actually needs.

About this title

Review:

"A good antidote to summer TV — it's a haunting look at what might happen if your life became a reality show but you never signed off on the cameras" —"Entertainment Weekly"

"The perfect end-of-summer romp" —"BookPage"

“If you like reading tabloid magazines, tracking the latest celebrity hookups, or are a fan of Weisberger's books, then "Last Night at Chateau Marmont" is the book for you.” —"Associated Press"

“Her fourth novel provides the same kind of authentic peek into a rarified sub-culture that "Prada" did...as fervently flippable as a gossip magazine” "—USA Today"

“Weisberger gets the star-making machine right, and the little details that make up the essence of the couple’s relationship feel poignant and true” —"People"

"Incisive...an absorbing, thoroughly entertaining read" --"Booklist"

"Weisberger has insightful takes about the price of success in our celebrity-obsessed culture" --"Publishers Weekly"

"The perfect end-of-summer romp" --"BookPage"

"A good antidote to summer TV -- it's a haunting look at what might happen if your life became a reality show but you never signed off on the cameras" --"Entertainment Weekly"

"If you like reading tabloid magazines, tracking the latest celebrity hookups, or are a fan of Weisberger's books, then "Last Night at Chateau Marmont" is the book for you." --"Associated Press"

About the Author:

Lauren Weisberger is the New York Times bestselling author of The Singles Game and The Devil Wears Prada, which was published in forty languages and made into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. It was announced in 2017 that musician Elton John and Paul Rudnick will adapt The Devil Wears Prada for the stage. Weisberger's four other novels, Everyone Worth Knowing, Chasing Harry Winston, Last Night at Chateau Marmont, and Revenge Wears Prada, were all top-ten New York Times bestsellers. Her books have sold more than thirteen million copies worldwide. A graduate of Cornell University, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children. Visit LaurenWeisberger.com to learn more.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439183600
• ISBN 13: 9781439183601
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 370