the actor and the housewife by shannon hale

The ups and downs between Becky and Felix are the natural ebb and flow of a real friendship. But this chronicle of a friendship meant to last forever shows a strong and unbreakable friendship in a charming and entirely entertaining way. There are bumps in the road, such as when Becky's husband admits he's completely uncomfortable with her relationship with Felix and Becky pulls back out of her undying love for Mike or when Felix's wife faces her own green-eyed monster. And Hale has brilliantly captured the giddy feeling of meeting someone who just 'gets' you in Becky and Felix's relationship. They love each other without 'loving' each other.

Becky and Felix are soul mates destined to be best friends for all time. If you think this connection is going to parlay into a steamy adulterous affair from which Becky comes to learn the importance of fidelity and family, you have it completely wrong. So when she is out in Hollywood selling her screenplay, she meets Felix himself and they immediately have a connection. She's a Mormon housewife with a harmless crush on the actor who plays her favorite big screen characters.

Becky is the married mother of (almost) four.

This is something different but it still retains the fun and hilarious feel that you find in the best chick lit. By this criteria, this novel is not chick lit. Oh yeah, and she generally stumbles into a relationship that helps her make sense of all of that. In your typical chick lit book, the heroine is generally in her twenties, single, figuring out who she is and what she wants from life.

The actor and the housewife by shannon hale