"Published August 6, 2010", "Second Printing Before Publication" stated; autographed by Mona Simpson on the title page "To Halle"; Alfred A. Knopf publishers, New York; hardbound; very good as-new condition; dust jacket very good.
 
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This is the story of two women whose lives entwine and unfold behind the glittery surface of Hollywood.

Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to LA so her husband can follow his passion for writing television comedy. Suddenly the marriage—once a genuine 50/50 arrangement—changes. Lola, a fifty-two-year-old mother of five who is working in America to pay for her own children’s higher education back in the Philippines, becomes their nanny. Lola stabilizes the rocky household and soon other parents try to lure her away. What she sacrifices to stay with Claire and “Williamo” remains her own closely guarded secret.