Description: When Shelly, a London music teacher, is unwittingly entered in a "Desperate and Dateless" reality show contest, she wins and finds herself caught up in an outrageous whirlwind involving her flashy new American husband, civil war, a natural disaster, and a crew of dubious television staffers.
Brief description: Kathy Lette first achieved literary success as a teenager with Puberty Blues. After years as a newspaper columnist and television sitcom writer, she went on to write the novels Girls' Night Out, The Llama Parlour, Foetal Attraction, Mad Cows, Alter Ego, and Nip 'n' Tuck --all international bestsellers. She lives in London.
Review Quotes: "A hot writer with a wickedly hilarious pen."
-- Jackie Collins