August Book Selection: Last Night at Chateau Marmont

We're relaunching our book club and this month we're reading Last Night At Chateau Marmont. The book will be released August 17th but you can read a free chapter now here. Leave your opinion about the first chapter in the comments for a chance to win a free copy of the book.

Here's more information about the book:

From the Lauren Weisberger, the best-selling author The Devil Wore Prada and Chasing Harry Winston, a delicious new tale about celebrity, fame and love in her new book Last Night at Chateau Marmont. Brooke loved reading the dishy celebrity gossip rag Last Night. That is, until her marriage became a weekly headline. Brooke was drawn to the soulful, enigmatic Julian Alter the very first time she heard him perform "Hallelujah" at a dark East Village dive bar. Now five years married, Brooke balances two jobsas a nutritionist at NYU Hospital and as a consultant to an Upper East Side girls' school, where privilege gone wrong and disordered eating run rampantin order to help support her husband's dream of making it in the music world. Things are looking up when after years of playing Manhattan clubs and toiling as an A&R intern, Julian finally gets signed by Sony. Although no one's promising that the album will ever heat the airwaves, Julian is still dedicated to logging in long hours at the recording studio. All that changes after Julian is asked to perform on the Tonight Show with Jay Lenoand is catapulted to stardom, literally overnight. Amazing opportunities begin popping up almost dailya new designer wardrobe, a tour with Maroon 5, even a Grammy performance. At first the newfound fame is funwho wouldn't want to stay at the Chateau Marmont or visit the set of one of television's hottest shows? Yet it seems that Brooke's sweet husbandthe man who can't handle hot showers and wears socks to bedis increasingly absent, even on those rare nights they're home together. When rumors about Brooke and Julian swirl in the tabloid magazines, she begins to question the truth of her marriage and is forced to finally come to terms with what she thinks she wantsand what she actually needs

Also join us as Lauren Weisberger signs her new novel, Last Night at Chateau Marmont at Indigo Bay and Bloor, Toronto, Ontario Tuesday, August 24th 7:00 pm.

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Leora Israel
		About the author:
		A veteran in the social media space, Leora has worked as a professional blogger, editor, online strategist, and more. You'll often find her in front and behind the camera as a nightlife photographer and web personality. She has also spoken at such conferences as SXSW and Blog World Expo.
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