Plus One

Plus One by Christopher Noxon is what I might refer to as the modern art version of literature.  TO me this is almost a non story.  Yes there is a plot about a young couple, Alex and Figgy Sherman-Zicklin who find themselves in Hollywood, living the life on the fast track.  But the plot is thin and the story is funny in that sad way that shows how unhappy the people are who live this fast paced lifestyle.

Alex Sherman-Zicklin has married his best friend, Figgy and they have hyphenated their last names and now have two children.  Figgy's career takes off as a writer for a television show when her show wins an Emmy.  Alex becomes the plus one on the Emmy invitation and in all aspects of their lives.
He decides house husband does not do him justice so he takes on the title "domestic first responder" and stays home to take care of the children, cook the meals and manage the household.

This story looks at the issues, in a funny sarcastic way, of being the stay at home dad, the kept husband, whose wife is the major bread winner and the unknown, unseen, plus one at parties and functions.  As Figgy moves ahead we watch Alex work to figure out his role and his place in their relationship and to build his own self-esteem.  Of course there is the so called friend leading him down the wrong path, Huck, who introduces Alex to all the wild side of being a plus one and makes Alex question who he really is and wants.  Huck, who in the end shows Alex how to save himself and his marriage.

A cute quirky book that portrays what it is like to live above your means and always be trying to keep up with beautiful people.  This is a story of being yourself and staying true to the morals and ideals that made you the family and couple you always were.