A charming and laugh-out-loud novel by Lauren Graham, beloved star of PARENTHOOD and GILMORE GIRLS, about an aspiring actress trying to make it in mid-90s New York City. Franny Banks is a struggling actress in New York City, with just six months left of the three year deadline she gave herself to succeed. But so far, all she has to show for her efforts is a single line in an ad for ugly Christmas sweaters and a degrading waitress job. She lives in Brooklyn with two roommates - Jane, her best friend from college, and Dan, a sci-fi writer, who is very definitely not boyfriend material.