We’ve Decided to Go in a Different Direction

This book was an absolute treat. Tess Sanchez is Max Greenfield’s wife. She spent over twenty years as a casting director, until she was unceremoniously fired in the fall of 2020, losing the job she adored and got so much of her self-worth from. The book is a collection of essays that will make you laugh, cry, and sometimes get mad. I chose to listen to it, and am so glad I did, as Sanchez herself narrates, and you feel like you are being told a series of juicy stories from your new best friend. Besides navigating job loss (and everything that comes along with that), Sanchez also writes candidly about her father’s struggle with Alzheimer’s (these parts were heartbreaking) and the idea of parenting her parents. There are funnier stories, too, where I actively laughed out loud while walking the streets of Charleston. Family stories, the glamorous (and less glamorous) parts of working in Hollywood, and stories from her marriage to Max. I can’t recommend it enough. I went into it not knowing much about Sanchez (it was recommended heartily in the comments section of a previous reading list), and now I adore her and can’t wait to see what she does next.