If you liked Alastair Campbell's Maya...
...here’s a few more fables on the perils of fickle fame...
Personality by Andrew O’Hagan
Loosely based on the tragic life of the child star Lena Zavarone, O’Hagan’s second novel follws a teenager who becomes an international singing sensation before falling victim to anorexia and the unwelcome attentions of a fan...
Maria Tambini is a thirteen-year-old girl with a great singing voice. Growing up on a small Scottish island, she is ready for the big time and keen to escape her ordinary life. When she wins a national TV talent show, she becomes an instant star, yet all the time 'the girl with the giant voice' is losing herself in fame and in a private battle with her own body. Can Maria be saved by love or is she destined to be consumed by celebrity, by family secrets, and by her number one fan?
My Canape Hell by Imogen Edwards-Jones
The author best known for her ‘Babylon’ series of exposes follows a journalist’s journey through the glittering world of celebrities cocktails and canapés, but she all-too-quickly becomes seduced by the bright lights...
This is a satire on celebrity culture - glamorama meets cause celeb meets Ab Fab. When journalist Abigail Long gets her own column, she is propelled into a world of celebrity, champagne and canapes. And so begins her final descent into true canape hell.
