Burnt Out (Large Print)

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How do you start again when your life is a smoking ruin? She lost everything in a bushfire and became the celebrity face of climate change. But is fame and living with a billionaire all its cracked up to be? A warm and witty story for our times. Heres to rising from the ashes ... Calida Lyons is having a very bad week. Shes long past deadline for her still unwritten second novel; her husband has just left her; and her Blue Mountains community is being threatened by bushfires. Just as she hits rock bottom, shes forced to shelter with neighbours while a fire incinerates everything she owns. Devastated and emotional in front of news cameras, Cali delivers a blistering, unfiltered rebuke to the nations rich to do something. Her rant goes viral, and she quickly becomes the latest celebrity face of the climate movement. Soon shes offered a harbourside refuge by handsome tech billionaire Arlo Richard, her publisher is delighted with the new novel shes writing, and shes the darling of high society. But things arent as they seem. Its all built on lies, and Calis pretty sure that the precarious house of cards shes built is about to come tumbling down. The story zings along with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, great characters and page-turning tension. It also has a huge heaping of heart and wisdom thrown into the mix, making this a wonderful read. The Australian Has everything you want in a summer read: a page-turning plot, intriguing characters with wonky moral compasses, and enough political heart to make you feel like youve done something good for the world just by reading it Jessica Dettmann, author of This Has Been Absolutely Lovely Satisfying, surprising, funny and full of observations about the ineffective blame-game that passes for action on Australias climate emergency. The fact its also a page-turner is down to Victoria Brookmans quick wit. Read it if you want a rom-com with bite. Holly Wainwright, author of I Give My Marriage A Year Blisteringly wise and funny, Burnt Out makes you want to hide from the world until youve turned the last page, then compels you to get up and Do Something ... Searingly smart, heart-warming, and perfect for the world we have now. Tori Haschka, author of Grace Under Pressure A page-turner with a big heart Rose Hartley, author of Maggies Going Nowhere The story zings along with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, great characters and page-turning tension. It also has a huge heaping of heart and wisdom thrown into the mix, making this a wonderful summer read Better Reading A true-blue Aussie summer read Womans Day