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To Be Someone [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
eBook by Louise Voss
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eBook Category: Mainstream
eBook Description: Helena Nicholls is no ordinary girl. In fact, she's famous. For many years she was the bassist and lyricist for Blue Idea, a band worshiped by adoring fans all over the world throughout the eighties. Following their breakup, Helena switched gears and became the most popular morning DJ in London with her all-request show. Listeners could call her and request songs, but Helena wouldn't play them until the callers gave the details of why they wanted her to play them--where they were when they first heard the song, what they were wearing, who they were with, and why the song means so much to them. The show's success put Helena back on the map, but now all that's over. After a night of partying ends in a horrible accident, Helena wakes up in a hospital bed. As she groggily opens her eyes, she realizes that her irresponsible behavior, so completely uncharacteristic of her, has left her bruised and battered. The doctors tell her it will take months to recover--who knows if her wounded ego will ever heal. To make matters worse, the accident has made international headlines. Her boss, unhappy with all the negative publicity, has bad news--she has been fired from her prime time radio show and offered a humiliating demotion to the two A.M. slot: the graveyard shift. Desperate, depressed, and sure her life is over, Helena comes up with the Plan. She is going to create a playlist of songs that have defined her life and write her autobiography, using these songs as the chapters.
eBook Publisher: Random House, Inc./Crown, Published: 2003
Fictionwise Release Date: October 2002
Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT [408 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT [411 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT [430 KB], SECURE ADOBE PDF FORMAT [1.2 MB]
Words: 100000
Reading time: 285-400 min.
Secure Adobe PDF: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Microsoft Reader ISBN: 9780345464293
Adobe Reader ISBN: 9780345464293
Mobipocket Reader ISBN: 9780345464293
eReader ISBN: 9780345464293
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"Beautifully written ... by turns comic and poignant, about friendship, love, and redemption. I loved it!"--Marian Keyes, author of Watermelon and Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
"A persuasive testament to the power of pop. A chart-topper, for sure."--Michael Musto, The Village Voice "A really original idea executed with buckets of style and confidence, head and shoulders above the drippy Bridget Jones imitators clogging up the shelves. To Be Someone is a funny, moving, and fabulous debut. Louise Voss hooks you from the first page and doesn't let go. This is chickfic at its best--with heart, soul, and lashings of attitude."--Lauren Henderson, author of Strawberry Tattoo and Black Rubber Dress
PROLOGUE Helena Nicholls
c/o Ron Pickett
Pickett Management Services
14a Gloucester Place
London W1 Geoff Hadleigh
Program Director
New World FM Radio
59 New Cavendish Street
London W1 6 August 1998 Dear Geoff, Thanks for visiting me in hospital back in May. Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to your kind offer of a nighttime show for New World. I've been thinking things over and the answer's yes, I'll take the job, if it's still open. I'm better now, thank God. After a few months of having the Sword of Damocles hanging over me -- well, the Penknife of Damocles, at least -- I've finally been given the all-clear and both ears are once more fully functional. I could start work in a few weeks. I understand that we're talking about the two A.M.-four A.M. show. My only condition is no advance publicity. It's humiliating enough for the breakfast show DJ to get demoted to the graveyard shift, without having to go through that "how the mighty fall" thing from the tabloids again -- I'm sure you recall what it was like after my accident. Since it obviously won't be practical for me to play requests, not at two A.M., please find enclosed the proposed playlist for my first show back on air. I know it's a little unusual, not to mention overzealous, to submit a playlist ahead of time like this, but I just wanted you to know that I've put a lot of thought into each record. Believe me, this show will be GREAT for New World FM, you wait and see. All the best, and thanks for the lilies, Helena Nicholls Copyright © 2001 by Louise Voss
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