Coleman, Elizabeth,

Losing the plot / Elizabeth Coleman. - [S.l.] : ALLEN & UNWIN, 2019. - 376 pages ; 24 cm.

"A sweet funny story about serious stuff" -- Cover.

Vanessa Rooney is a thirty-something dental hygienist who finds herself a single mum with a hole in her heart where her husband had been. Somehow she finds the courage to fulfil her childhood dream of writing a romance novel but soon discovers that her novel has been plagiarised by her idol, celebrity author Charlotte Lancaster. Vanessa reluctantly sues Charlotte with the help of suburban solicitor Dave Rendall, who's nursing some unfulfilled dreams of his own. When gun QC Marcus Stafford agrees to join their legal team, Vanessa feels like her perfect man has stepped right out of the pages of her book and into her life. As all hell breaks loose publicly and privately, Vanessa confronts a painful past and realises what Dave already knew - that she's an intelligent, funny, amazing woman and Marcus Stafford is, well, a tosspot. Vanessa finally understands that what she wanted wasn't what she needed, but has this realisation come too late?

9781760633431 (paperback)

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Novel--English--Australia--20th century--Texts.
Domestic fiction.
Lawyers--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Single mothers--Fiction.
Legal stories.
Women authors--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Citizen suits (Civil procedure)--Fiction.
Self-realization in women--Fiction.
Authorship--Fiction.
Plagiarism--Fiction.
Australian fiction.
Authors.
Authorship.
Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
Legal stories.
Plagiarism.
Self-realization in women.

Australian


Romance fiction.
Domestic fiction
Domestic fiction
Domestic fiction
Legal fiction (Literature).
Romance fiction.
Australian fiction
Romance fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature).
Humorous fiction.
Legal stories.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century
Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Legal fiction (Literature).
Romance fiction.
Domestic fiction.

PR9619.3.C56488 / L67 2019

A823.4