A Little Trouper

by OwenWhittaker (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $4.02

  Hal Morrissey's devotion to the acting profession has cost him dearly. Top of the list being his marriage to his beloved Amy. But at long last, it seems that Hal's perseverance as a jobbing actor might have paid off as he lands the lead role in the country's favourite sit-com, Bringing Up Ralph, the story of a single mother and her six-year-old son. But there's a problem. Ralph. On-screen, Ralph - aka Sebastian Taylor, England's most famous child-star - looks as though butter wouldn't melt. Off-screen he is as obnoxious as he is hostile, and when Hal falls for his real-life mother Sebastian does everything he can to sabotage their relationship. And then, Hal finds that the death of the actor he replaced may not be as straightforward as it seemed ...

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $4.29

  When jobbing actor Hal Morrissey is offered a lead role in the popular sit com, Bringing Up Ralph, the story of a single mother bringing up her six year old son, he thinks he has died and gone to heaven. Hal's devotion to the acting profession has cost him dearly, but now all his troubles seem to be over. Only trouble is, sweet little butter-wouldn't-melt Sebastian, who plays the part of Ralph, proves to be as obnoxious as he is hostile, and when Hal falls for his real-life mother Sebastian does everything he can to sabotage the relationship. Then Hal discovers that the death of the actor whom he's replaced may not be as straightforward as it first seemed ...Is Hal to be the latest victim of a child star too obsessed with his mother to allow anyone else near her?