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Viking
August 2017
On Sale: July 25, 2017
336 pages
ISBN: 0399563997
EAN: 9780399563997
Kindle: B01MRZB8I1
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When Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the job of her dreams at FAIR Newsβthe coveted morning anchor slotβsheβs 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. Amanda Wakes Up takes off as Amanda feels for the first time that she can make her mom and her best friend proud and think about an actual future with her boyfriend, Charlie. But she finds her journalistic ideals shredded as she struggles to keep up with the issues in a ratings-crazed madhouseβbattling for hair and makeup time, coping with her sexist (but scathingly handsome) coanchor, Rob, mixing up the headlines with pajama modeling on the street, and showing Benji Diggs, her media maestro boss, that sheβs got what it takes. As the news heats up in a hotly contested election season and a wild-card candidate, former Hollywood actor Victor Fluke, appears on the scene, Amandaβs pressure-cooker job gets hotter as her personal life unravels. Walking a knifeβs edge between ambition and survival, and about to break the biggest story of her career, Amanda must decide what sheβs willing to give up to get aheadβand what she needs to hold on to to save herself.
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