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Claire is at a crossroads. Married straight out of high school, the now divorced British mom has raised two mostly well-adjusted kids and worked as a journalist. But after a lifetime looking after everyone else she’s ready to live a bit. So she says goodbye to England and moves to L.A. to live with her sister, acclaimed singer songwriter Julia Fordham. Claire’s first job is to take care of Julia’s eccentric dog, Muttley – “a four legged freak of nature.” Welcome to Hollywood.
What follows is a laugh-out-loud story of a stranger in a very, very strange land. As Julia’s “Plus One” – the nameless guest invited to openings and parties – Claire experiences life in the shadow of celebrity where nothing is too surreal. From clairvoyants who get everything wrong, partygoers who are disappointed that Claire and Julia are sisters, not lesbians, Pink Witch parties, legendary icons in the garden, and people whose pets have their own lawyers on a retainer to meeting Hollywood royalty, inventing fantasy boyfriends, playing roadie in exotic locales, falling for the wrong guys and maybe meeting the right man, Claire’s on a roller coaster ride in which no dream is too wild, no adventure too outrageous, and no information too personal to divulge over fashionable coffee. And in a town where anything can happen and usually does, Claire might just find everything she ever wanted...if she can survive it.
Candid, ribald, and sweetly optimistic, Plus One is a delicious tale of Tinseltown insanity and one woman’s journey from Hollywood Nobody to somebody in her own right. This is chic lit at its finest – with the added twist that it’s all true.
A funny, original book that made me laugh a
lot. It ís The Divine Confessions of a La La Sisterhood. Tracey Ullman.
Claire Fordham is the funniest writer on the
planet. I'd have her assassinated but that would only increase the sales
of her howlingly hilarious memoir, Plus One. She ís the real-life Bridget
Jones - only funnier, more beautiful, and with a baggie of dog shit in her
hand. Augusten Burroughs.
Plus One made me weep with laughter. I
couldn't put it down and I didn't want it to end. By the time I reached
the story about the lost condom, I was crying, and my ribs ached. Very few
books have ever made me laugh this hard. A gem. Haven Kimmel.
