Josie Brown's Books

JOSIE'S NOVELS 

SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES

(Simon & Schuster/Downtown Press)
ISBN#: 978-1439173176
In Bookstores June 1, 2010

The bitter divorce of a "perfect couple," and its impact on the gated community in which they live, is seen through the eyes of a neighbor, Lyssa Harper, who doesn't realize the parallels between their marriage and her own. 

When Lyssa befriends the husband — Harry, a former Master of the Universe turned stay-at-home dad in order to hold onto his home and his children — the neighborhood's mean mommies who are vying to make him the next notch on their bedposts turn on her, revealing the cruel side of suburbia.

 IMPOSSIBLY TONGUE-TIED

(HarperCollins/Avon)
ISBN#: 978-0060815882
In bookstores now!

"Brad, Angelina, Britney and Kevin may want to check out Josie Brown's new novel, Impossibly Tongue-Tied, for its ripped-from-the-headlines plot that mixes their scandals together..."
– PAGE SIX, New York Post

TRUE HOLLYWOOD LIES

(HarperCollins/Avon)
ISBN# 978-0060815875
In bookstores now!

"…The tone is confessional, the writing laced with venomous humor..."
–The Wall Street Journal

"Josie Brown does an outstanding job capturing the glitz and glamour of Hollywood living yet illuminating the stark loneliness present beneath the façade.  Filled with good-natured humor and witty repartee..."
–Romance Reader's Connection

Before you check out the stars walking the red carpet at next Sunday's Oscars, spend time with True Hollywood Lies. Josie Brown's new satirical novel is about an irritating actor nominated for an Academy Award, his harried personal assistant and all the angst endured from the moment the nominations are announced until the winning name is read out loud. Brown, a journalist with her share of celeb interviews, drops names a-plenty." –Lowell (MA) Press

"With tongue-in-cheek dialogue, TRUE HOLLYWOOD LIES provides a fascinating look at the jet set lifestyle of the rich and for-the-moment famous.... You will laugh, cry, and wonder if it's worth it to be rich and famous."
–Romance Reviews Today


JOSIE'S NON-FICTION

 THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO FINDING MR. RIGHT
(Pearson/Alpha)

"Josie and Martin Brown give refreshingly honest views of what you must do if you are to have a happy and lasting relationship." – John Gray, author of the bestselling classic Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus


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LAST NIGHT I DREAMT OF COSMOPOLITANS
A Modern Girl's Dream Dictionary
(St. Martin's Press/Griffin)

"…First-time author Brown dishes about dreams in a volume that aims to be both witty and enlightening. From what it means to dream about Abercrombie & Fitch (Brown says it indicates an inner struggle between nostalgia for the old and appetite for the new) to what it means to dream about a  zoo (the lesson here, Brown says, is that your love for him should be a feast of the senses, so dig in), this alphabetically organized little volume serves up plenty of spirited inanities..."

–Publishers Weekly