At Least I Made An Effort
In this excerpt, a writer whose marriage is slouching toward the doldrums interviews a "Love Coach"—and learns a lot more than she expected to.
Annabelle Gurwitch
contributor
Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress and author of I See You Made An Effort; Fired! Tales of the Caned, Canceled, Downsized & Dismissed; and with her husband, Jeff Kahn, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up. Her Fired! documentary premiered as a Showtime Comedy Special and played film festivals around the world. Her acting credits include Dexter, Boston Legal, Seinfeld, and Not Necessarily The News on HBO. Most recently, she starred in the adaptation of Grace Paley’s A Coney Island Christmas by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Donald Margulies at the Geffen Playhouse. She has served as a regular commentator on NPR and a humorist for TheNation.com. Her writing has appeared in More, Marie Claire, Men's Health, Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. She lives with her husband and son in Los Angeles.