Late Night Talking: A Novel - Couverture souple

From the acclaimed author of The Dog Walker comes Late Night Talking, a tender and funny novel about bad behavior, the fragility of friendship and family, and how we cannot choose whom we love.

Jeannie Sterling, host of a late-night NYC talk show, vents with her listeners about everyday injustices, from rude cell phone users and poor gym etiquette to bad drivers and negligent pet owners -- the many aggravations of modern urban life. An idealistic California girl raised by two free-spirited parents, Jeannie believes in a life of value through activism. She's passionate about making a difference, about making the world a better place, one annoying person at a time.

For as long as she can remember, success in her career has been more than enough. But after all these years of being single, Jeannie realizes that some of the pieces of her perfect puzzle aren't fitting quite right. The people she thought she knew best all harbor secrets, secrets Jeannie isn't prepared for, secrets that can't be digested, processed, and solved in the neat three-hour window of her show. Her best friend, Luce, is growing distant and distracted; her wayward father unexpectedly moves in; and an ambiguous relationship with her college crush ignites.

When the radio station is bought by the maverick mogul Nicholas Moss, Jeannie's career, her one safe haven, also descends into chaos. She is pushed to increase ratings and goes too far, risking the loss of everything and everyone important to her.

Delightfully real and deliciously flawed, Jeannie Sterling is a character we can't help but root for as she faces her life's most hilarious -- and heartbreaking -- challenges.

Rude mobile phone users, iPods at full volume in public places, rabid 4x4 drivers... all these and more are the target of Jeannie Sterling on her brilliant late-night New York radio show.
Jeannie truly believes that the world can be a better place. But suddenly the pieces of her perfect puzzle aren't fitting quite right. A romance with her college crush and an unexpected visit from her father make her feel that life is spinning out of control. And Jeannie doesn't like being out of control.
When Nicholas Moss - the dangerously attractive mogul with whom she's just had an exasperating, though oddly exhilarating argument - buys the radio station, Jeannie's career, her last safe haven, descends into chaos. Pushed to increase ratings, she goes too far and risks the loss of everything and everyone important to her.
'A modern day tale of friendship, love and doing the right thing. It's a funny, thought-provoking story that stayed with me long after reading the last page' Karen Quinn, author of The Ivy Chronicles