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New Beginnings - Fern Britton (2011)
When journalist Christie is left widowed with two children, she knows the opportunity of a presenting job on daytime TV show Tart Talk is too good to pass up. And with the help of her mum and sister - and a very attractive divorced school dad - she should just about manage to juggle home and work. Money is still tight for Christie, especially as she's paying off a debt her husband Nick took out to help his dad. She signs up with the very pushy agent Julia, who has been in the headlines herself recently over the suspicious death of a client. Christie is filling in for diva Gilly, who despite going on maternity leave for triplets, doesn't want to let her replacement get too comfortable in her chair. For a novel set in the fast-paced world of TV, written by a real-life TV presenter, this really plods along. The only highlight worth hanging around for was how Julia was going to get her comeuppance.
New Beginnings - Fern Britton
Christie Lynch is a journalist and single mother of two when she gets a lucky break - an appearance on daytime TV talk show, Tart Talk. Spotted by talent agent Julia Keen, Christie's life changes in an instant when Julia secures her a high-profile presenting job. Soon the nation's new sweetheart, Christie can't help but love her new job and, for the first time in years, she can mend her leaking roof and buy her kids, Libby and Freddie, a few treats. But as her career soars to new heights, Christie's forced to spend more and more time away from her kids and from Richard - the gorgeous single dad she recently met at the school gate. Can Christie find a way to balance her role as a mother with her increasingly demanding job? And will she make it in the cut-throat world of TV? (Britton is a British TV presenter.)