Supernova Hangover

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2018
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Two girls meet on a train with a shared mission to have it all...

Toots Silver, a young, local news reporter from the North West, lands in London with little more than her ambition. Against the odds, she talks her way into a dream job at a celebrity magazine, riding high on a new craving for showbiz gossip.

The shimmering nightlife of Cool Britannia lures her into an exhilarating, twilight world - and an explosive affair with an A-list interviewee. But the comedown forces her to confront the soulless desires of her generation.

In New York, she's on the trail of the defining exclusive of her age. But conflict erupts between personal integrity and journalistic ruthlessness - which might jeopardise the success that will secure her position in a looming post-millennial world.
Can you live the high-life, without it getting you down?

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Two girls meet on a train with a shared mission to have it all...

Toots Silver, a young, local news reporter from the North West, lands in London with little more than her ambition. Against the odds, she talks her way into a dream job at a celebrity magazine, riding high on a new craving for showbiz gossip.

The shimmering nightlife of Cool Britannia lures her into an exhilarating, twilight world - and an explosive affair with an A-list interviewee. But the comedown forces her to confront the soulless desires of her generation.

In New York, she's on the trail of the defining exclusive of her age. But conflict erupts between personal integrity and journalistic ruthlessness - which might jeopardise the success that will secure her position in a looming post-millennial world.
Can you live the high-life, without it getting you down?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Publisher: Unbound Digital
Published: 28 Jun 2018
ISBN 10: 1912618206
ISBN 13: 9781912618200
Book Overview: Supernova Hangover is a fast, funny story of nineties' hedonism. A time when you could eat yourself sick on ambition - if you were up for adventure and had the bottle to see it through

Media Reviews

I haven't really enjoyed a book since Riders. But now I have. This is fab. - Hugh Grant

Captures the Nineties dream in Technicolour glory and offers a clear window into the minds of Generation X, - June Sarpong

Toots Silver is trying to survive the dark side of fame, in a world of twist - I know that story, and Supernova Hangover tells it well. - Michael Barrymore

At last ! A British journalist tells us about life on the inside - John Cleese

Supernova Hangover is a rites of passage book, set in the Nineties - a time of hope, before austerity and the end of optimism. Read it and cheer up. - Steve Coogan

Author Bio

Emma Jones is a former editor of Smash Hits magazine. As a news and showbusiness reporter, she worked for the Sunday Mirror, Mail on Sunday and the Sun. Emma became the youngest ever Fleet Street columnist whilst at the Sun. Television work includes live presenting for Channel Four and ITV. Emma's Radio contributions range from Woman's Hour to the Today programme. Her career has seen her interview stars including Britney Spears, George Clooney, the Rollings Stones, and Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor. Her writing also appears regularly in the New European newspaper and on Byline. She has four children and lives in London.

Supernova Hangover is her first novel