New Beginnings
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A heart-warming debut novel from one of Britain’s best-loved TV personalities, Fern Britton.
MAGIC BOOK CLUB’S BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL IS NEW BEGINNINGS BY FERN BRITTON
Listen to Angie chatting with Fern where she delves a bit deeper into the motivation behind her stories and life after This Morning. Click here to listen - it's compelling stuff!
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START AGAIN…
In this heart-warming debut novel from one of Britain’s best-loved TV personalities, Fern Britton takes us to the heart of a timely dilemma: is it possible to have a brilliant career and be a good mother?
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 the hugely successful 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 is forced to spend more and more time away from her kids and from Richard – the gorgeous single dad she recently met at the school gates.
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? Whatever happens, Christie’s going to have to give it all she’s got…
By no means autobiographical, but with a career in TV that spans nearly thirty years, Fern is well placed to write about the world of TV as well as the pressures women face when trying to juggle a career with a young family. With her much-loved warmth, insight and humour Fern has delivered a hugely enjoyable novel that will resonate with women everywhere.
