Amanda Wakes Up: A Novel“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. |
Contents
The Impossible Dream | |
Left and Right | |
Backstory | |
Jump | |
Hair and Makeup | |
Jewel Tones | |
Chemistry Test | |
Ratings Gold | |
Man on the Street | |
Pot Luck | |
Right and Left | |
Hard | |
Suzy Berenson | |
Blow the Break | |
Bury the Lede | |
The Rundown | |
Cold Open | |
The A Block | |
Pitches | |
Good | |
The Dangle | |
Split Screen | |
The Demo | |
Studio M | |
Devils Advocate | |
Rubiks Cube | |
Solid Sources | |
Fair | |
Feet to the Fire | |
Terminal Break | |
True and Equal | |
P O V | |
White House | |
October Surprise | |
The Scoop | |
Hot Mic | |
The Kicker | |
Authors Note | |
Acknowledgments | |
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