The Self-Preservation Society

Kate Harrison (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2007
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (Verlag)
978-0-7528-8264-2 (ISBN)

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From the bestselling author of THE STARTER MARRIAGE and BROWN OWL'S GUIDE TO LIFE - a brilliantly entertaining novel about one woman's mission to go from cowardly to courageous...

Staying alive in the 21st century is a full-time job - one which self-confessed scaredycat Jo Morgan takes very seriously indeed. As a little girl growing up near Greenham Common Air Base, she stockpiled baked beans in case of nuclear holocaust; now she works in accident prevention, trying to protect the rest of us from conker injuries, killer tea-cosies and death by chocolate.

But she's happy - well, as happy as anyone can be in these dangerous times. Fortunately her boyfriend shares her outlook on life, so everything they do together involves the minimum possible risk. From their social lives to their sex lives, spontaneity is not in their vocabulary.

Yet when Jo survives a hit and run accident, she realises she's beaten the odds. Maybe a bit of living dangerously is just what Jo needs. But un-learning a lifetime of fears and phobias won't be easy. Jo has a choice: she can carry on living half a life, or leave behind the people she loves. It's the scariest decision she'll ever have to make...

Kate Harrison has worked as a producer, director and developer across an array of TV programmes including PANORAMA and NEWSROUND. She now writes full-time, and lives by the sea in Brighton. Visit Kate's website at kate-harrison.com, follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/katewritesbooks

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.12.2007
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	262 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-7528-8264-3 / 0752882643
ISBN-13	978-0-7528-8264-2 / 9780752882642
Zustand	Neuware