Woman of the Hour (Audible Audio Edition) Jane Lythell Karen Cass Avid Audio Books
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StoryWorld is the nation's favourite morning show, and producer Liz Lyon wants to keep it that way. Her job is to turn real-life stories into thrilling TV - and keep a lid on the scandals that happen offstage.
But then simmering tensions erupt at the station, trapping Liz in a game where she doesn't know the rules. As the power struggle intensifies, can Liz keep her cool, her job and her safety?
Woman of the Hour (Audible Audio Edition) Jane Lythell Karen Cass Avid Audio Books
It was interesting but not so sure about the 1st person present tense style used. I feel that if you choose this style, you should have a flair for language and description. Unfortunately this writer does not. Aneasy read, finished in one day.
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Woman of the Hour (Audible Audio Edition) Jane Lythell Karen Cass Avid Audio Books Reviews
I heard about this book through a friend and thought it sounded like my kind of story. I have to admit I am glad I paid attention to that friend.
Liz has a high pressured job, attempting to control a lot of people, and produce a television show which people will watch. Due to the number of people involved there are a lot of ego's she needs to tread very carefully around. Her job basically comes down to juggling a lot all at the same time.
On top of this she also has a teenage daughter at home relying on her to be the mum she needs. Being a teenager brings with it an attitude which causes arguments between mother and daughter. Balancing her home and work lives brings Liz to the brink of giving up on more than one occasion.
The story is told in alternating chapters detailing both Liz's work and home life. This breaks up the story a lot and is very well done.
There are secrets and lies throughout, and the author does a very good job of leading the reader in the wrong direction at first, before bringing them down to earth with a bang when the truth is discovered. I enjoyed this part of the story as it had me not liking, then sympathising with, then again not liking a character. In the end everything comes to a satisfying conclusion for all involved.
One underlying message I got from this story is the fact that women are still very much overlooked in certain jobs, their opinions and problems are ignored, and they have to fight to be appreciated in the same way their male counterparts are. Reading this story I felt extremely grateful I am not in that kind of job, and am actually appreciated for what I do each day.
The way the book ends leaves it open for more to come in the future, and I cannot wait to see what happens next in the lives of the characters.
**RATING 4.5**
WOMAN OF THE HOUR by Jane Lythell is an exceptionally well-written story of a highly driven TV executive who is desperately trying to balance her career with her role as a mother, all the while handling the myriad of issues, some more serious than others, that is involved with working behind the scenes at StoryWorld TV.
Liz Lyon shines at her workplace where she protects and looks after every person on her team, and puts her heart and soul into her job. There is only one other area of her life that is more important to her, and that is being a mother to fourteen-year-old Flo. Having always been close, especially since the divorce, lately their relationship has become very tumultuous, with arguments becoming the norm.
But just when Liz needs to focus on her home life, things at work spiral out of control, and memories from the past resurface causing Liz to question everything.
WOMAN OF THE HOUR by Jane Lythell shows us life behind the curtain of the television world with all of its crazy characters and oneupmanship. It is a story of friendship and family, both at home and at work, but this story also delves deeper into issues of sexual harassment and the ever present reality of the 'good old boy's club' in action. Liz is a great character as she is so realistic - always trying to keep a firm facade of control in place but underneath it all questioning her parenting and her personal decisions, never quite sure if what she was doing was the right thing or not. From the moment I picked this book up, it stayed in my hands until I had reached the end, but I hope this is not the last that we have seen from the people at StoryWorld TV. WOMAN OF THE HOUR by Jane Lythell is a clever and engaging novel and I look forward to more from this talented author.
*I voluntarily reviewed this book from the author
Liz Lyon is the woman in Woman Of The Hour who showed me the other side of what we usually see on our tv screen. A job at a television station is something that seems galaxys away from your ordinary joe’s life, it speaks to the imagination, something one can only dream of and seems nothing but exciting, glitzy and glamerous but is it really all glam and shine? I believe that you’ll have a much more realistic image of the tv world after finishing this novel.
Liz is a woman trying to hold her own in a world dominated by men. Her job? To comfort, put out small fires, deliver bad news, stand up for her people against angry publicists and mitigate time and again between several characters with quite a bit of an ego.
She’s got a diverse cast of characters under wings, there are 8 of them there’s tv presenter Fizzy, cook Lethy, agony-aunt Lethy, researchers Simon and Molly, antropologyst Gerry, runner Ziggy and an intern new-comer Harriet under her supervision. Their problems become her problem and believe me when I say that they all have their big and smaller problems that she’ll have to solve. While she’s juggling to placate and appease everyone, she too has her own personal problems. I really liked that insight I got into her as a mother and in another role than in the work place.
Personally, I thought the television world was much more of an individual scene, but if this is anything like the real thing then they are more tightly-knit than in a normal (male dominated) corporate environment like the one I’m working in so I was pleasantly surprised in that respect but it really isn’t a gift to Liz to have to choose her battles and be the middle woman every time again.
This novel held a lot of drama and intrigue, there’s plenty of lies and deceipt, affairs and blackmail going on behind the scenes of StoryWorld. This is not my usual kind of read perhaps but I still enjoyed watching their life and world from the sidelines and it was written in an easy and compelling fashion. After reading this, I’m not really all that jealous about her job anymore though -).
It was interesting but not so sure about the 1st person present tense style used. I feel that if you choose this style, you should have a flair for language and description. Unfortunately this writer does not. An
easy read, finished in one day.
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