Lessons from the Housewives - by Evie Psarras (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From an expert in all things Housewives comes an entertaining, thought-provoking, and personal behind the curtain of The Real Housewives franchise that confronts questions about privilege and class, the often troubling truth of being a Bravolebrity, and ultimately, what we can learn from the fabulous wives who have taken over our televisions.

What can one of reality TV's greatest saga teach us about life? About the world? In this deep-dive into the long-running, wildly popular reality television franchise The Real Housewives, the curtain is pulled back on reality TV, America's obsession with status, and our cultural assumptions about class and inequality.

Not only does Lessons From the Housewives answer pressing questions about America's favorite guilty pleasure by sharing anonymous interviews with former Housewives, editors, producers, and fans of the series; the author explores the franchise through the frames of class, status, and social mobility, and the important, and at time pivotal, life lessons she's learned from the show. With deeply researched pages that reveal the exploitative systems that put pressure on the women of Real Housewives to perform a life they might not really live, plus a lively, funny, and personal voice, readers will learn that maybe, just maybe, we have more in common with these glamorous women then we thought.