{"product_id":"9780864922922","title":"Overnight Sensation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvernight Sensation\u003c\/i\u003e is the independent and richly entertaining sequel to Colleen Curran's hilarious first novel, \u003ci\u003eSomething Drastic\u003c\/i\u003e. Lenore Rutland, an unsophisticated but astute singing waitress in a Montreal theme restaurant, is a best friend with her tenant, Heidi Flynn, an English professor. Their neighbour, Reine Ducharme, an expert gardener and maman to a pair of spoiled lap dogs, has poisoned six of her colleagues on a jury that released a murderer. With Reine in prison, Lenore becomes foster-maman to the dogs, Brioche and Montcalm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs \u003ci\u003eOvernight Sensation\u003c\/i\u003e opens, Lenore is recruited as a guest on the Neighbours of Neighbours Who Murder segment of \u003ci\u003eFiona!\u003c\/i\u003e, a TV talk show with millions of avid followers. Because of her honesty, she accidentally gets the better of the vicious Fiona. Suddenly famous, she wins instant recognition at a Canadiens game, a would-be husband, and a fan club consisting of the nieces of Heidi's jilted suitor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoping to gain the upper hand occasionally, Lenore and Heidi take Brioche and Montcalm to obedience school. There, a casting director \"discovers\" the pampered darlings for a made-for-TV movie, \u003ci\u003eGamon de Pycombe: Dog of the Titanic\u003c\/i\u003e. The movie behind her, Lenore pursues her sensational amateur acting career as the star of \u003ci\u003eBells Are Ringing\u003c\/i\u003e, and at the same time she and her boss, Ga\u0026amp;#235tan (the lover of Heidi's fireman brother Daniel), save the restaurant from bankruptcy. Romance advances and recedes for everyone and there are laughs aplenty, plot complications galore, and even a few tears.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvernight Sensation\u003c\/i\u003e is a gentle satire that, like \u003ci\u003eSomething Drastic\u003c\/i\u003e, contains more than a kernel of psychological truth in its humorous core.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65420091457885,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9780864922922","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}