The Shelf
Published on 9. July 2020
Software
Other digital
400 pages
978-1-83877-089-1 (ISBN)
Description
Amy Wright thinks her boyfriend is surprising her with a dream holiday to pop the big question - they've been together for two years now so surely it must be about time? But the dream turns into a nightmare when she removes her blindfold and finds herself on the set of The Shelf, a Big Brother-style style reality television show. WTAF?!
Along with five other women, Amy is dumped live on TV in front of a studio audience and millions of viewers watching from home.
The women must compete in a series of humiliating and obnoxious tasks in the hope of being crowned The Keeper.
Amy initially stays on The Shelf with the million-pound prize in mind. But, empowered by the women around her, and with a month to think about what she really wants (without constantly comparing herself to everyone else's filtered online lives), she might come away with an even bigger reward.
This fun, relatable, honest and satirical look at society's obsession with settling down, coupling up, having the courage to be enough on your own will strike a chord with anyone who's been asked 'why are you still single?'.
Along with five other women, Amy is dumped live on TV in front of a studio audience and millions of viewers watching from home.
The women must compete in a series of humiliating and obnoxious tasks in the hope of being crowned The Keeper.
Amy initially stays on The Shelf with the million-pound prize in mind. But, empowered by the women around her, and with a month to think about what she really wants (without constantly comparing herself to everyone else's filtered online lives), she might come away with an even bigger reward.
This fun, relatable, honest and satirical look at society's obsession with settling down, coupling up, having the courage to be enough on your own will strike a chord with anyone who's been asked 'why are you still single?'.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-83877-089-1 (9781838770891)
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Helly Acton is a copywriter from London with past lives in the Middle East, Africa and Australia. Born in Zimbabwe, Helly and her family emigrated to the East Sussex coast when she was 15 years old. Here, she finished school and spent her holidays in Saudi Arabia, where her father had been placed with work. She studied Law at King's College London before following a more creative path into advertising. In her mid-twenties, Helly escaped the rat race and took a three-month career break to travel in Africa, India and Asia before landing in Australia. What was supposed to last one year ended up lasting six, and after a life-affirming break-up in Sydney she returned home to find herself the last of her single friends. Helly threw herself into the deep end of online dating in the city and uses her experience as a single woman in her early thirties, torn between settling down and savouring her independence, as a source of inspiration for her stories.