Essays from the personal journey of Tess Sanchez, former casting director, wife, and mother, where she reflects on her experiences in Hollywood. She pursues her dream career, marries Max Greenfield from New Girl, and navigates motherhood. She also deals with illness and death of a parent. Her life changes drastically due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Even though she is rich and famous adjacent, many women will find her relatable.

3 stars

Essays from a former casting director, wife and mother about life in Hollywood as she was finding her dream career and meeting/marrying her husband (“New Girl’s” Max Greenfield, I didn’t know who he was but I know the show was popular) and motherhood, plus dealing with the illness and loss of a parent. Then she loses dream career and things change drastically.

Sanchez is looking back on all this from a place of privilege so readers have to be OK with that when reading about her issues. That said, lots of women will be able to relate to many of the issues she covers and it’s a fairly good book.