If you loved Bridget Jones’s Diary and Confessions of a Shopaholic you won’t be able to put down Trophy Life. Smart, humorous, and touching…Agnes and her search for meaning is a story that will find a place in your heart.” —First for Women
“If you’re looking for a light and likable read for your next vacation, Trophy Life is a worthwhile pick…A charming story about fighting through the challenges and finding yourself on the other side.” —Nights and Weekends
“What a breath of fresh air! In Trophy Life, Lea Geller gives us a smart, capable, witty and relatable heroine. Agnes suddenly finds herself in trouble—big trouble—but the path she chooses to find her way back to stability is surprising, entertaining, and ultimately triumphant.” —Loretta Nyhan, bestselling author of Digging In
“Trophy Life is unputdownable. Lea Geller’s writing is fresh, funny, and relatable, and it’s impossible not to cheer for Aggie, Geller’s plucky heroine, as she wakes up from her so-called dream life and realizes reality offers something even better: a chance to get it right.” —Camille Pagán, bestselling author of Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties
“Lea Geller’s novel Trophy Life is a winner of a book. I sat down to read just the first few pages and looked up a day and a half later—it is that good. This novel examines the ongoing search for true happiness, and shows us that sometimes it is found in the most unexpected places, all against the backdrop of an intriguing domestic mystery. It is well-written, absorbing, thought-provoking, and satisfying.” —Elizabeth LaBan, bestselling author of Not Perfect
“In this absorbing and dazzling debut, Agnes Parsons, a beautiful woman, teacher, and young mother, learns to value the true trophies in life. Author Lea Geller has hit a home run her first time out.” —Marilyn Simon Rothstein, author of Husbands And Other Sharp Objects
04/01/2019
DEBUT Agnes, Jack, and their baby daughter Grace have the perfect life in Santa Monica, CA. Agnes flits from manicures to yoga classes to sushi dinners, while Jack works and meets her for their weekly couples massages. But that changes suddenly when Jack has to go into hiding, forcing Agnes and Grace to move to New York, and Agnes to get a job as a middle-school English teacher, for which she is highly unqualified. Geller's debut gives a brief look at what it's like to be a trophy wife, before turning the narrative on its head, leaving Agnes out to dry as her life goes down the drain. Agnes is a bit shallow and clueless; however, she makes a turnaround once she's out on her own. Jack and his only friend Don, Agnes's main contact, are both repetitive in correspondences with Agnes. Comic relief is provided by Agnes's best friend Beeks, a mom who's not afraid to speak her mind. VERDICT This surface-level read with a bit of self-discovery and heart starts out funny but could have used more deeply developed characters.—Erin Holt, Williamson Cty. P.L., Franklin, TN
