"Originally published in 1996 in the United Kingdom by Bantam Books, a division of Transworld Publishers Ltd. This edition based on the paperback edition published in 2007 by Headline Review, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, a division of Hachette Livre UK Ltd"--Title page verso

"Celebrity couple Jack and Cass Mandeville are successful, good-looking, likeable, and famous for having an ideal marriage. On Jack's 40th birthday-a milestone he's been both anticipating and dreading-a stunning, and stunningly intelligent, redhead named Imogen turns up to interview the couple for a high-profile magazine. Like a bolt of lightning, Jack is hit with a midlife crisis of epic proportions and Jack and Cass's proverbial bubble bursts. This drastic turn of events flips their lives upside down, and sends their entire family, friends, local community, and fans around the country, into a tailspin"--