The Actor and the Housewife: A Novel

A very different kind of fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale.
What if you were to meet the number-one person on your laminated list-you know, that list you joke about with your significant other about which five celebrities you'd be allowed to run off with if ever given the chance? And of course since it'll never happen it doesn't matter...
Mormon housewife Becky Jack is seven months pregnant with her fourth child when she meets celebrity hearththrob Felix Callahan. Twelve hours, one elevator ride, and one alcohol-free dinner later, something has happened...though nothing has happened. It isn't sexual. It isn't even quite love. But a month later Felix shows up in Salt Lake City to visit and before they know what's hit them, Felix and Becky are best friends. Really. Becky's husband is pretty cool about it. H er children roll their eyes. Her neighbors gossip endlessly. But Felix and Becky have something special...something unusual, something completely impossible to sustain. Or is it? A magical story, The Actor and the Housewife explores what could happen when your not-so-secret celebrity crush walks right into real life and changes everything.

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-07-2009; Not her best but still good; I adore Shannon Hale. Truly she is one of my favorite modern authors. That said, this is not my favorite book of hers. Not by a long shot. But that doesn't make it bad. The story was well developed, even if the end was a huge...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-31-2009; Good read, but not Hale's best; I borrowed this book from a friend of mine. We both really enjoy Shannon Hale's books. I liked this one, but I didn't love it (like I did Austenland). It was a nice story about friendship, fate, and the different twists life's road...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-30-2009; Funny, but a bit of moral overkill; Since finishing this book (which I did very easily, it's a quick and entertaining read) I have been struggling with how to review it. On the one hand, it's a fun tale about a normal woman who has the unlikely good fortune to meet her...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-25-2009; A delightful, escapist piece of fun; Meeting up with your favorite Hollywood actor and hitting it off in a series of traded jokes and barbs is the stuff of movie scripts and private fantasies, and Becky Jack knows that as well as anyone. How to explain the fact that it's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-07-2009; Not her best but still good; I adore Shannon Hale. Truly she is one of my favorite modern authors. That said, this is not my favorite book of hers. Not by a long shot. But that doesn't make it bad. The story was well developed, even if the end was a huge...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-30-2009; Funny, but a bit of moral overkill; Since finishing this book (which I did very easily, it's a quick and entertaining read) I have been struggling with how to review it. On the one hand, it's a fun tale about a normal woman who has the unlikely good fortune to meet her...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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