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The Starter Wife
The Starter Wife
Nov 27, 2025 3:51 PM

Author:Gigi Levangie

The Starter Wife

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?

Reviews

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'

—— Glamour

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

—— Cosmopolitan

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

—— JACKIE COLLINS

Bitchy and entertaining

—— Elle

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

—— B

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

—— Heat

'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!

—— The New York Observer

'Irrestistably engaging'

—— Kirkus

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

—— Newsday

Genuine wit and charm

—— Image

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

—— Daily Express

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

—— The Sun

A perfect poolside read

—— New Woman
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