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The Accidental Bestseller
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The Accidental Bestseller Paperback - 2009

by Wendy Wax

This is a wise and witty foray into the hearts of four amazing women and the publishing world they inhabit. . . . I loved this book!--Karen White, author of "The House on Tradd Street."


Summary

Once upon a time four aspiring authors met at their very first writers' conference. Ten years later they're still friends, survivors of the ultra-competitive New York publishing world. Mallory St. James is a workaholic whose bestsellers support a lavish lifestyle. Tanya Mason is a single mother juggling two jobs, two kids, and too many deadlines. Faye Truett is the wife of a famous televangelist and the author of inspirational romances: no one would ever guess her explosive secret. Kendall Aims's once-promising career is on the skids-and so is her marriage. Her sales are dismal, her new editor detests her work-and her husband is cheating. Barely able to think, let alone meet her final deadline, Kendall holes up in a mountain cabin to confront a blank page and a blanker future. But her friends won't let her face this trial alone. Together they collaborate on a novel using their own lives as fodder, assuming no one will ever discover the truth behind their words.

No one is more surprised than they are when the book becomes a runaway bestseller. But with success comes scrutiny and scandal...as these four best friends suddenly realize how little they've truly known each other.

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From the USA Today bestselling author of While We Were Watching Downton Abbey...
Once upon a time four aspiring authors met at their very first writers' conference. Ten years later they're still friends, survivors of the ultra-competitive New York publishing world. Mallory St. James is a workaholic whose bestsellers support a lavish lifestyle. Tanya Mason is a single mother juggling two jobs, two kids, and too many deadlines. Faye Truett is the wife of a famous televangelist and the author of inspirational romances: no one would ever guess her explosive secret. Kendall Aims's once-promising career is on the skids-and so is her marriage. Her sales are dismal, her new editor detests her work-and her husband is cheating. Barely able to think, let alone meet her final deadline, Kendall holes up in a mountain cabin to confront a blank page and a blanker future. But her friends won't let her face this trial alone. Together they collaborate on a novel using their own lives as fodder, assuming no one will ever discover the truth behind their words. No one is more surprised than they are when the book becomes a runaway bestseller. But with success comes scrutiny and scandal...as these four best friends suddenly realize how little they've truly known each other.

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  • Title The Accidental Bestseller
  • Author Wendy Wax
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1 Original
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books, NY
  • Date 2009-06-02
  • ISBN 9780425227671 / 0425227677
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.04 x 5.1 x 0.94 in (20.42 x 12.95 x 2.39 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Female friendship
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008054352
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"A wise and witty foray into the hearts of four amazing women and the publishing world they inhabit."
-Karen White, author of The House on Tradd Street

Citations

  • Library Journal, 05/15/2009, Page 72
  • Romantic Times, 06/01/2009, Page 70

About the author

Wendy Wax, a former broadcaster, is the USA Today bestselling author of ten novels, including Ten Beach Road, The House on Mermaid Point, and Ocean Beach. The mother of two college-age sons, she lives in the Atlanta suburbs with her husband, and is doing her best to adjust to the quiet of her recently emptied nest.
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