Annabelle Gurwitch

After Annabelle Gurwitch was fired by Woody Allen, her childhood icon, she was absolutely devastated. After speaking with friends and colleagues, she learned that she was not alone. Here, a collection of fifteen actors and Hollywood hotshots share their hilarious stories of getting fired.

From the New York Times bestselling author of I See You Made an Effort comes a timely and hilarious chronicle of downward mobility, financial and emotional. With signature 'sharp wit' (NPR), Annabelle Gurwitch gives irreverent and empathetic voice to a generation hurtling into their next chapter with no safety net and proving that the no-frills new normal doesn't mean a deficit of humor. In these essays, Gurwitch embraces homesharing, welcoming a...

Lupo, a tone deaf restauranteur, is madly in love with a woman who will not accept him until he can sing passionate operatic arias. Duped by con artists more interested in his money than his singing, Lupo flies to Italy to learn to sing. But his stage debut is a disaster, and Lupo flees for his life from enraged patrons. He finds refuge at a small farm where there are grapes to stomp, a farmer's daughter to woo.and a magical secret.