The Package Deal: My (Not-So) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom
While The Package Deal is one woman's adventure as a new stepmother, at its heart, it is a story about today's stepfamilies, modern-day marriage, negotiating family and career, the necessity of friendships, the constant search for identity and the many ways to make a home.
A true tale of imperfect love, adult beverages and searching for meaning in Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Meet Izzy Rose--a hilarious and chic new stepmom trying to come to terms with. the package deal. A single "middle-class socialite" living in San Francisco, Izzy loved her career as a successful, Emmy Award-winning TV producer and she was fine with the fact that she was unmarried and kid-less at thirty-five. But, then she fell in love with an irresistible Southern man named Hank and her Izzy-centric lifestyle turned upside down.
In short order, Izzy finds herself saying I DO to becoming a wife and "instant mom" to Hank's two sons and packing her bags for a new life in Austin, Texas. There, Izzy struggles to hold on to a bit of her professional identity while reinventing the stepmother role in her sassy, stylish, but also loving and vulnerable way. Honest and daring, The Package Deal is a toast to the richness of her new life and a tribute to any woman whose ever fallen in love and then asked, What exactly did I get myself into?
A true tale of imperfect love, adult beverages and searching for meaning in Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Meet Izzy Rose--a hilarious and chic new stepmom trying to come to terms with. the package deal. A single "middle-class socialite" living in San Francisco, Izzy loved her career as a successful, Emmy Award-winning TV producer and she was fine with the fact that she was unmarried and kid-less at thirty-five. But, then she fell in love with an irresistible Southern man named Hank and her Izzy-centric lifestyle turned upside down.
In short order, Izzy finds herself saying I DO to becoming a wife and "instant mom" to Hank's two sons and packing her bags for a new life in Austin, Texas. There, Izzy struggles to hold on to a bit of her professional identity while reinventing the stepmother role in her sassy, stylish, but also loving and vulnerable way. Honest and daring, The Package Deal is a toast to the richness of her new life and a tribute to any woman whose ever fallen in love and then asked, What exactly did I get myself into?
