Surrender the Pink

This novel is about about Dinah Kaufman, a scriptwriter for a television soap opera. Like Carrie Fisher and Suzanne Vale (protagonist of [b:Postcards from the Edge 306010 Postcards from the Edge Carrie Fisher https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1173580480l/306010.SY75.jpg 2890349]), Dinah is the half-Jewish daughter of a broken marriage; but Dinah seems a sadder, less lively woman than Suzanne. This book is mainly the story of her love for and unsuccessful marriage to an older man, successful playwright Rudy Gendler.According to Wikipedia, this story is loosely based on Fisher's short marriage to Paul Simon.