Can someone explain to me, why, on page 139, Lauren calls Mae Whitman her producing partner and husband? Obviously Mae is a girl... it's error like these that drive me crazy and spoil books for me. Was she in too much of a hurry to get this book out in time for the reboot of Gilmore Girls?

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Jessica Musselwhite It's an obvious joke.

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Shannon Hedges It translates better in the audiobook.

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Debbie YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS ON AUDIBLE!!! Having Lauren narrate makes ALL the difference!

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Laura DeNardo It's definitely a joke.

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Hannah Cassie It is not a direct reference like at work you sometimes call people your wife or husband

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David It's not an error, trust the author and editor. Use context and tone to figure things out.

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Serena It really confused me! I went back and read it a couple of times to see if I had processed it incorrectly. If it's an inside joke, cool - I struggled to pick it up though.

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Lisa Hahahahahaha. The audiobook makes it clear that it's a joke.

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Bridget ......definitely a joke. An excellent one. I call my BFF my husband (she's very much a woman)

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Jenna Sandman I assumed it was like how some people call each other Work Husband or Work Wife.

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Tania It's pretty common to refer to your work wife or husband, so I took it as a reference to that - a joke for sure.

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Caty I think it was a joke, because they are so close.

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Hannah I can say that i know that Mae Whitman and Lauren Graham are working together on producing the 'The Royal We' into a movie adaptation from the novel by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan. I also know that Graham is writing the script for it as well. So that would explain the Producing partner part. The Husband part i have no idea what thats about.

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Rebecca Hodgson I refer to one of my best girl friends as my husband so I assumed it was a similar situation.

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Aleesha Bass My money is on an inside joke. An editor would have caught that and questioned it, and Lauren Graham probably wanted to keep it as is.

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Christine M.H. Definitely obvious LG humor going on there.

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Cindy Thank you for asking! Listened to audiobook and it wasn't super clear. She talks so fast, it is challenging to keep up. Not a big fan of continuously rewinding, so just assumed that heard wrong.

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Mary Cochrum I didn't understand that either. Who is Mae Whitman and what did she do on Gilmore Girls or what part did she play? She actually talks about a lot of people without giving us a clue as to who they are or how they were involved with Gilmore Girls.

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