The Girlfriend Mom: A Memoir

Just when you thought the definitions of the American family had become as broad and diverse as they could be here comes Danis hilarious look at her own.-Dan Bucatinsky Emmy Winning ActorSometimes the relationships you never saw coming are the ones that burrow into your heart and you refuse to give up.Intentionally child-free Dani falls in love with Julian a divorced father of two. Now she must embrace a lifestyle shes purposely avoided or return to her single life eating oatmeal for dinner standing at the kitchen sink half-naked while listening to gospel music.Julian makes her feel like shes the heroine in a trashy romance novel and they move in together. There shes presented with a Whitmans Sampler of motherhood. The alternating weekends with his kids Nicole and Tyler are like babysitting-only without compensation. In time she welcomes more responsibility and invests in the kids well-being. And just when she falls in love with Nicole and Tyler Julian pulls the rug out and dumps her for a natural blonde. Its not a traditional divorce and Dani is unsure if she has the right to see the kids. But she will not be ignored nor abandoned and she fights for a place in the kids lives which includes Marie-the ex of her ex. With Nicole and Tylers insistence that Dani remains in their lives and with Maries help they prove their far-reaching tenacity for love friendship and family.