Random House
September 2006
On Sale: August 29, 2006
Featuring: Meghan Fitzmaurice
288 pages ISBN: 0375502246 EAN: 9780375502248 Hardcover Add to Wish List
It’s an otherwise ordinary Monday when Meghan Fitzmaurice’s
perfect life hits a wall. A household name as the host of
Rise and Shine, the country’s highest-rated morning talk
show, Meghan cuts to a commercial break–but not before she
mutters two forbidden words into her open mike.
In an instant, it’s the end of an era, not only for Meghan,
who is unaccustomed to dealing with adversity, but also for
her younger sister, Bridget, a social worker in the Bronx
who has always lived in Meghan’s long shadow. The effect of
Meghan’s on-air truth telling reverberates through both
their lives, affecting Meghan’s son, husband, friends, and
fans, as well as Bridget’s perception of her sister, their
complex childhood, and herself. What follows is a story
about how, in very different ways, the Fitzmaurice women
adapt, survive, and manage to bring the whole teeming world
of New York to heel by dint of their smart mouths, quick
wits, and the powerful connection between them that even the
worst tragedy cannot shatter.