Burnt Out

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2022
Edition: First Edition

Description: 344 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Burnt Out is the book we all need to read right now. MamamiaHow do you start again when your life is a smoking ruinShe lost everything in a bushfire and became the celebrity face of climate change. But is fame and living with a billionaire all its cracked up to be A warm and witty story for our times. Heres to rising from the ashes ...Calida Lyons is having a very bad week. Shes long past deadline for her still unwritten second novel; her husband has just left her; and her Blue Mountains community is being threatened by bushfires. Just as she hits rock bottom, shes forced to shelter with neighbours while a fire incinerates everything she owns.Devastated and emotional in front of news cameras, Cali delivers a blistering, unfiltered rebuke to the nations rich to do something.Her rant goes viral, and she quickly becomes the latest celebrity face of the climate movement. Soon shes offered a harbourside refuge by handsome tech billionaire Arlo Richard, her publisher is delighted with the new novel shes writing, and shes the darling of high society.But things arent as they seem. Its all built on lies, and Calis pretty sure that the precarious house of cards shes built is about to come tumbling down.The story zings along with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, great characters and page-turning tension. It also has a huge heaping of heart and wisdom thrown into the mix, making this a wonderful read. The Australianromance with an activist twist. Sydney Morning Herald... a neat statement on our nations climate inaction, wrapped up in a fun read with intriguing characters … a warm and witty read worth seeking out. - Canberra Times Clever, funny, thought-provoking, and timely - Mindful PuzzlesA true-blue Aussie summer read Womans DayA sharp debut Australian Womens WeeklySatisfying, surprising, funny and full of observations about the ineffective blame-game that passes for action on Australias climate emergency. The fact its also a page-turner is down to Victoria Brookmans quick wit. Read it if you want a rom-com with bite. Holly Wainwright, author of I Give My Marriage A YearBlisteringly wise and funny, Burnt Out makes you want to hide from the world until youve turned the last page, then compels you to get up and Do Something ... Searingly smart, heart-warming, and perfect for the world we have now. Tori Haschka, author of Grace Under PressureHas everything you want in a summer read: a page-turning plot, intriguing characters with wonky moral compasses, and enough political heart to make you feel like youve done something good for the world just by reading it Jessica Dettmann, author of This Has Been Absolutely LovelyA page-turner with a big heart Rose Hartley, author of Maggies Going Nowhere

ISBN: 9781460760321