'This One Is Mine' by Maria Semple

A Hollywood-ish novel takes on the complications of modern marriage and parenthood. > Maria Semple's debut novel, "This One Is Mine," may be more memorable for the things it does not do than the things that it does. Although it is a Hollywood-ish novel (the protagonist is a former television writer, her husband a successful music industry player), there is not a lot of name-dropping or veiled references to quirky and troublesome public figures. (link)