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Playing the Game

Playing the Game

by SarahSands (Author)

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    Unabridged 2003

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Synopsis

What do you do when you break the glass ceiling and are in place as the most famous female presenter on our national TV screens? Stay there of course...But when the celebrated Patti Ward, beautiful, talented and still young (well, depends who's asking) finds her TV role usurped by the up- and- coming Alexandra Khan, maintaining the energy of a twenty-year-old when you're somewhat older becomes a little difficult. And despite the daily massages, wild sex and constant flirtation with her staff, Patti suspects she's on the way out. Patti, though, has worked hard to earn her place in the hearts of millions, and she's not giving up easily.In turn, Alexandra is no ordinary ingenue, and while taken in at first by Patti's friendly overtures, her nose for journalism soon spots some flaws in the cool veneer. A chance meeting in an old people's residential home reveals the beginnings of a trail of discovery, and while Alexandra doesn't particularly want Patti's job, she isn't going to let Patti get the better of her, especially when Patti sets out to seduce her boyfriend. Soon it's time for Alexandra to reveal the truth behind the real Patti Ward...Sexy, sassy, sharp and very funny, this is Sarah Sands at her acerbic best.

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Format: Unabridged
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Unabridged edition
 Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 21 Feb 2003
ISBN 10: 1405000937
ISBN 13: 9781405000932

Media Reviews
Sands was the newspaper executive who brought the Bridget Jones column to the public via the Daily Telegraph. Her own anti-heroine is not intended to be endearing: a 50-something TV news presenter who is a calculating survivor with a bizarre history - a one-time passionate communist who marries and then drops an aristocratic MP, pretends she's an orphan as part of her invented life, has sex with a boyfriend on the Embankment, and knows Tony Blair well enough to advise him to forget the voters. A curate's egg of a debut novel, therefore. Sands is undoubtedly expert on media machinations and rivalry but creating entertainment out of an unremittingly selfish monster of a main character may be a challenge too far, despite the extra accoutrement of younger rival and dangerous stalker.
Author Bio
Sarah Sands is Deputy Editor of the Telegraph and was responsible for bringing the column Bridget Jones to that newspaper. She is extremely well connected, bright, sassy and very promotable.