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32-year-old Iris Hedge isn't exactly on sure footing. She's left her husband in LA and moved to New York for her dream job as a marketing researcher at one of the world's most prestigious firms. But after only five weeks, she's laid off. Now Iris is in a new town with no job, has a divorce on the horizon and only one friend to speak of-a wild-child named Val. When Val's twin sister Vickie asks Iris to spy on her possibly-cheating husband, Iris is desperate (and poor) enough to agree. Soon she has a whole new business on her hands - spying on men for the doubting women in their lives. Things get complicated when Vickie's husband Steve catches on to the fact that their coincidental meetings aren't coincidental at all. Not to mention how Steve makes her heart race. A funny, heart-wrenching romantic comedy about starting over and coming to terms with the gray areas of falling in love, *It's About Your Husband* marks the sparkling debut of novelist Lauren Lipton. ** ### From Booklist Iris is trying to make a new life for herself, but her old life just isn't cooperating. In the middle of her divorce, she moves to New York to take a new job. After a few weeks, though, she is laid off and left single, broke, and lost in the city. When she reluctantly agrees to spy on the husband of her friend's sister, she finds herself in the middle of a madcap romantic comedy. Iris' miscommunications, the obvious plot "twists," and the gay best friend-stylist will seem familiar to any reader of chick lit. However, it's all done with such a light touch that even the predictable is enjoyable. Lipton has a day job as an editor for a fashion magazine, and sprinkled throughout the novel a careful reader will find great tips on hair and makeup. An author's note at the end adds even more helpful hints on how to fix the beauty dilemmas Iris faces throughout. *Marta Segal* *Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved* ### Review 'Smart, sassy and impossible to put down. Readers will love Lauren Lipton' - Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries.