New York Times bestselling fitness expert and beach volleyball pro Gabby Reece uses her own less-than-perfect life to skewer fairy tale notions of perfect motherhood and marriage in this "exuberant, right-on, and humorous hand-holder to confronting the crises and celebrating the victories" (Elle).

So you got the guy on the big white horse, and the beautiful little mermaids, and the picket fence, and your life isn't . . . perfect in every imaginable way?

You're not alone. In 1997, Gabrielle Reece married the man of her dreams--professional surfer Laird...