Amanda Wakes Up

By Alisyn Camerota

Book Overview

"Amanda Gallo is my kind of girl: funny, self-aware, and unable to resist a makeover. . . . I loved this novel." --Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons "Entertaining. " -- People When Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the anchor job of her dreams at FAIR News, she thinks she's finally made it: a six-figure salary, wardrobe allowance, plenty of on-air face time, and a chance to realize her dreams, not to mention buy herself lunch. Instead, she finds her journalistic ideals shredded as she struggles to keep up with the issues in a ratings-crazed madhouse: battling for hair and makeup time; coping with her sexist (but scathingly handsome) coanchor, Rob; and showing Benji Diggs, her media maestro boss, that she's got what it takes. As the news heats up in a hotly contested election season and a wildcard candidate, former Hollywood actor Victor Fluke, appears on the scene, Amanda's pressure-cooker job gets hotter while her personal life unravels. Walking a knife's edge between ambition and survival, and about to break the biggest story of her career, Amanda must decide what she's willing to give up to get ahead--and what she needs to hold onto to save herself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399563997
• ISBN13: 9780399563997
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Fast-paced and Entertaining

This novel is very fast paced and entertaining. It was over before I knew it! A lot of behind the scenes of how tv journalism actually works. I liked it a lot, it was a little cheesy though.