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Zusatztext "In other hands! a novel about a fictionalized Martha Stewart would be an occasion for a hatchet job. But Mr. Galanes...has created a heroine not only capable of but also deserving of kindness" Informationen zum Autor An entertainment lawyer in private practice and an award-winning interior designer, Philip Galanes is the author of the advice column Social Q's in the New York Times Sunday Styles section. He divides his time between New York City and East Hampton, New York. Klappentext From the moment Emma Sutton walks into the FitzCoopers auction house, the disgraced media darling knows exactly what she wants: an antique dining table. What she gets is a chance to set things right. Fresh from a yearlong stretch in prison, Emma finds her life just as she left it--filled with glittering business successes, bruising personal defeats, rolling television cameras, and awkward Sunday dinners at home. She needs a clean slate--a second chance that might be provided by two unlikely saviors: Benjamin Blackman, a terminally charming social worker and Emma's part-time assistant, and one of Benjamin's most heartbreaking wards, an overweight little girl from Queens named Gracie. Zusammenfassung From the moment Emma Sutton walks into the FitzCoopers auction house! the disgraced media darling knows exactly what she wants: an antique dining table. What she gets is a chance to set things right. Fresh from a yearlong stretch in prison! Emma finds her life just as she left it—filled with glittering business successes! bruising personal defeats! rolling television cameras! and awkward Sunday dinners at home. She needs a clean slate—a second chance that might be provided by two unlikely saviors: Benjamin Blackman! a terminally charming social worker and Emma's part-time assistant! and one of Benjamin's most heartbreaking wards! an overweight little girl from Queens named Gracie.
