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A novel about one of the preoccupations of our age, fame and celebrity culture.
Serena Dawlish is the most famous soap star of them all. When she appears on
the small screen in 'Coombe Ridge Crescent' the nation comes to a standstill. But her agent Gareth has told her that although she is famous she isn't quite famous enough and so she begins her pursuit of total and permanent fame.Serena meets and falls in love with the strange but well-hung Marlon who tells her - and can prove scientifically - that she is an alien. She wants to leave her husband and marry him but Gareth vetoes their affair. Marlon isn't a politician, a pop star or a footballer so he will do nothing for her career and anyway his mother, Shelley, is too fat to look good in the wedding photos.
Meanwhile Serena's husband, the renowned Shakespearian actor James Marlborough, is also tormented by his own emotional dilemma. He wants to leave Serena - he can no longer stand the smell of her fake tan - and be with his mistress, Geraldine, who calls him Rover when they make love. But most of his audience now only come to see him because he's married to the celebrated Serena Dawlish - why else would they want to see Shakespeare? If he leaves her he destroys his career.Geraldine is presenting a new prime-time TV show called 'I Gave Birth To A Celebrity' with Serena as the surprise celebrity on the first show. However, as Geraldine has decided that Serena's real mother is too boring to play the part of mother she has secretly replaced her with Shelley. Will Shelley's revelations on the show seal Serena's quest for fame or will they ruin her forever?
Serena Dawlish is the most famous soap star of them all. When she appears on
the small screen in 'Coombe Ridge Crescent' the nation comes to a standstill. But her agent Gareth has told her that although she is famous she isn't quite famous enough and so she begins her pursuit of total and permanent fame.Serena meets and falls in love with the strange but well-hung Marlon who tells her - and can prove scientifically - that she is an alien. She wants to leave her husband and marry him but Gareth vetoes their affair. Marlon isn't a politician, a pop star or a footballer so he will do nothing for her career and anyway his mother, Shelley, is too fat to look good in the wedding photos.
Meanwhile Serena's husband, the renowned Shakespearian actor James Marlborough, is also tormented by his own emotional dilemma. He wants to leave Serena - he can no longer stand the smell of her fake tan - and be with his mistress, Geraldine, who calls him Rover when they make love. But most of his audience now only come to see him because he's married to the celebrated Serena Dawlish - why else would they want to see Shakespeare? If he leaves her he destroys his career.Geraldine is presenting a new prime-time TV show called 'I Gave Birth To A Celebrity' with Serena as the surprise celebrity on the first show. However, as Geraldine has decided that Serena's real mother is too boring to play the part of mother she has secretly replaced her with Shelley. Will Shelley's revelations on the show seal Serena's quest for fame or will they ruin her forever?
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About the Author:
Karina Mellinger was born in London in 1959. After reading French and Italian at Oxford she worked in marketing in England and Italy. In 1995 she gave up work to bring her two sons up. She is the author of A Bit Of A Marriage and Defying Reality.
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"She writes with zip and gumption, as lively and bitchy as a Soho members' club at midnight." -- Lottie Moggach in The Financial Times
"Mellinger has pulled off a very amusing novel." -- Molly Guinness in The Literary Review
"Mellinger has pulled off a very amusing novel." -- Molly Guinness in The Literary Review
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- PublisherDedalus Limited
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1903517613
- ISBN 13 9781903517611
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages226
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. There are lots of famous people on TV and the most famous of them all is the gorgeous, top-heavy Serena Dawlish, star of the soap Coombe Ridge Crescent. When she appears on the small screen the nation comes to a standstill and the ratings soar. Women dream of wearing her clothes; men dream of ripping them off her. Then all at once, Serena's world is shattered. Her scheming manager tells her that however famous she thinks she is she isn't quite famous enough. Worse than that, her fame isn't the right kind of fame and won't last. Even her latest breast enlargements, her keep-fit DVD and her best-selling book Gift Wrapping As A Hobby aren't enough to save her. If she has any hope of keeping her celebrity status intact she has to appear on I Gave Birth To A Celebrity, a new TV show where famous people can expose their unhappy relationships with their mothers in front of a live audience. It will give Serena's career just the boost it needs. Serena agrees to appear on the show to pursue her goal of total, permanent fame but her quest is fraught with obstacles. Her husband, the renowned Shakespearean actor James Marlborough, is about to leave her as he can no longer cope with the smell of her fake tan. Geraldine Fortescue, the producer and presenter of the show, has decided that Serena's mother is too boring to play the part of her mother. And Serena's lover, a strange but well-hung astronomer called Marlon Drayton, is going onto the show to reveal to the world that Serena is really an alien. Serena's a professional celebrity - being well-known is more important to her than anything. But how can she hope to succeed in becoming famous forever when real life keeps getting in the way? A novel about fame and celebrity culture from the author of )A Bit Of A Marriage(. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781903517611
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