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Katie Price
When glamorous model Angel was forced to make a life-changing decision and choose between a Ethan, the laid-back Californian baseball player, and giving her marriage to football star Cal another go, many were stunned when she picked Ethan. But life in LA is good: Ethan adores her and Honey and their life could not be more glamorous. But nothing is perfect, and after a year together problems are beginning to surface: a stalker seems to have singled out Angel; Ethan’s agent Benny despises her, and isn’t always good at hiding it; and when Ethan faces financial ruin the couple are forced to star…
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Katie Price is Jordan, one of the UK’s top celebrities. She is a glamour model, TV presenter, mother and wife. She currently lives in Sussex with her husband Peter Andre and her two sons.
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When glamorous model Angel was forced to make a life-changing decision and choose between a Ethan, the laid-back Californian baseball player, and giving her marriage to football star Cal another go, many were stunned when she picked Ethan. But life in LA is good: Ethan adores her and Honey and their life could not be more glamorous. But nothing is perfect, and after a year together problems are beginning to surface: a stalker seems to have singled out Angel; Ethan’s agent Benny despises her, and isn’t always good at hiding it; and when Ethan faces financial ruin the couple are forced to star in a reality tv show about their life together. Despite everything, though, Angel is convinced that Ethan is the man for her. So why does she alwasy feel breathless when Cal is around? And why can’t she stop thinking about him and his new girlfriend? But as the tabloid headlines have always been quick to point out, the path of true love for our sexy celebrity has not always been smooth. So when her dad falls dangerously ill Angel rushes back to England to be by his bedside, throwing her and Cal back together. But Ethan loves her and Cal has a girlfriend, and she made her choice a year ago. It’s too late to go back now, isn’t it…?
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topStarting Points for Discussion
- What is the effect of A. L. Kennedy’s use of humour in the novel? Do you feel that it makes light of Hannah’s situation?
- ‘If there was something useful I could do, I would – but there isn’t. So I drink’. Hannah constantly tries to justify her behaviour throughout the novel,
do you think that she is successful in her justifications?
- Do you feel sympathy for Hannah’s family? Do you think they cope with her illness well?
- “I am a woman and not unwomanly, I suppose; but I realised years ago, before I was seven, that I won’t be a woman the way my mother is, I’ll never do it right.” What effect does the female narrator have on this novel? Do you feel that it makes the book more shocking?
- ‘I reach into my holdall and find the full bottle of Bushmill’s undisturbed…When Robert has finished, when he steps through, pink with scrubbing, wrapped snug in a towel, then we’ll lie on the bed together and we’ll talk, we’ll tell each other everything. I’ll ask him to bring through the glasses and then we’ll begin.’ How do you feel about the lack of resolution at the end of the novel? Do you think that Robert is good for Hannah in any way?
- Why do you think Hannah drinks?
Other Books by Katie Price
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Crystal
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Jordan: A Whole New World
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Suggested Further Reading
- The Clay Machine Gun ~ Victor Pelevin
- The Inner Game of Music ~ Barry Green
- Trainspotting ~ Irvine Welsh