Author:Anne-Marie O'Connor
All Catherine wants to do is sing,but a TV show is about to make her a star . . .
Catherine Reilly is 24, single and still lives at home with her dad and two of her sisters. The only thing Catherine's ever been any good at is singing, but she has no connections, low confidence and isn't exactly glamorous. However, when she sees a TV ad for the latest series of Star Maker - the biggest talent show on national television she decides to enter . . .
Catherine now has the best voice coach in the business, a team of sadistic trainers and stylists and the world's number one music mogul on her side . . .
Can an ordinary girl's dreams really come true?
Warm and funny...totally compelling and very touching glimpse into the world of tv talent shows. Absolutely brilliant!
—— Melissa HillAre you absolutely desterate for the new series of The X-Factor to start? This novel is a handy stopgap...X-Factor fans out there will love this fun tale of one girl's quest to be the next Leona Lewis
—— HEATA polished debut... Turns the tables on both characters and readers as imagination segues into dangerous reality
—— GuardianScudamore has fun blurring the edges of truth and fiction, creating fantastic and colourful stories within stories
—— Laurence Phelan , Independent on SundayBewitching...Highly recommended. Scudamore has talent to burn
—— Matt Thorne , Sunday TelegraphA wonderful debut - witty, polished, fluent and effortlessly entertaining
—— Hilary MantelA nostalgic, compelling adventure laced with black humour
—— Time OutA compulsively readable novel about the seductiveness of storytelling... Both his characters and the electrifying manner in which Scudamore writes about Ecuador demonstrate the appeal as well as the danger of any fabulist's capacity for wonder
—— Literary ReviewHonest and beautifully written
—— Woman & HomeWitty, pacy and immediately engaging
—— GlamourEnchantingly clever
—— Penny VincenziSo fluid, the pages turn themselves
—— Daily MirrorIrresistible comfort read
—— GlamourIt would be a hard heart indeed that remained unmoved . . . the tender feelings that Noble engenders in her readers are to be cherished
—— Daily ExpressTissues are essential. You'll ricochet between delicately watering eyes at the romance of it all and howling sobs at the unbearable tenderness
—— HeatAn ambitious conflation of fact and fiction
—— Literary ReviewSamantha Hunt's fantasy comes closer than any biography to solving the riddle of Tesla's commercial and personal failings ... The Invention of Everything Else is perfect for nights spent in the wrong hotel, once your travel plans have, as usual, gone subtly awry
—— New Scientista fascinating blend of fact, fiction, history and dare I say, science fiction surrounding the weird and wonderful life of Nikola Tesla the acknowledged father of radio and AC electricity.
—— Dovegreyreaderher portrait of Tesla buzzes with vitality
—— MetroThis unusual novel skilfully interweaves the story of the eccentric inventor of radio and AC electricity with that of Louisa ... a compelling novel.
—— Emma Lee-Potter , ExpressA sophisticated pastiche of science fiction, fantasy, melodrama, and historical anecdote....It all adds up to a precocious math of human marvel
—— Elle
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