Meet Izzy Rose–a hilarious and chic new stepmom trying to cometo terms with the package deal. A single “middle-class socialite”living in San Francisco, Izzy loved her career as a successful,Emmy Award-winning TV producer and she was fine with the fact thatshe was unmarried and kid-less at thirty-five. But, then she fellin love with an irresistible Southern man named Hank and herIzzy-centric lifestyle turned upside down. In short order, Izzy finds herself saying I DO to becoming a wifeand “instant mom” to Hank’s two sons and packing her bags for a newlife in Austin, Texas. There, Izzy struggles to hold on to a bit ofher professional identity while reinventing the stepmother role inher sassy, stylish, but also loving and vulnerable way. Honest anddaring, The Package Deal is a toast to the richness of her new lifeand a tribute to any woman whose ever fallen in love and thenasked, What exactly did I get myself into?
The first handbook for the paoidly growing number of Americanwomen choosing single motherhood, written by the director of thenational organization, Single Mothers by Choice.
