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The news where you are

Bored with his television news career and haunted by the unsolved death of his close friend and colleague Phil, Frank Allcroft is on the verge of a mid-life breakdown. While he attempts to find the culprit in Phil's death, Frank is forced to come to terms with memories of his heavy-handed father.

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  • "Bored with his television news career and haunted by the unsolved death of his close friend and colleague Phil, Frank Allcroft is on the verge of a mid-life breakdown. While he attempts to find the culprit in Phil's death, Frank is forced to come to terms with memories of his heavy-handed father."@en
  • "From the bestselling author of What Was Lost comes a moving exploration of what we do and don't leave behind, proving once more that Catherine O'Flynn's writing "shimmers with dark brilliance" (Chicago Tribune). Frank Allcroft, a television news anchor in his hometown, is on the verge of a midlife crisis ..."@en
  • "Frank Allcroft, a television news anchor in his hometown, is on the verge of a midlife crisis. Beneath his famously corny on-screen persona, Frank is haunted by loss: the mysterious hit-and-run accident that killed his predecessor and friend, Phil, and the ongoing demolition of his architect father's monumental postwar buildings. And then there are the things he can't seem to lose, no matter how hard he tries: his home, for one, on the market for years; and the nagging sense that he will never quite be the son his mother--newly ensconced in an assisted-living center--wanted. As Frank uncovers the shocking truth behind Phil's death and comes to terms with his domineering father's legacy, it is his beloved young daughter, Mo, who points him toward the future."@en
  • "As a presenter on Midlands TV's regional news, Frank Allcroft is a long way from journalism's cutting edge. Saddled with a gag-writer and limp one-liners, Frank is now officially "the unfunniest man on God's earth" and a local legend. It's not quite the career that he envisioned, but Frank thinks there are more important things in life: his wife Andrea, his mother Maureen and his daughter Mo. But as Frank reflects on his late father's legacy and the unexplained death of a much loved colleague, an unusual news report catches his eye. Compelled to investigate further, he finds the familiar concerns of middle age falling into perspective as he uncovers a bizarre and tragic tale of thwarted hopes..."
  • "Frank Allcroft, a television news anchor in his hometown, is on the verge of a midlife crisis. Beneath his famously corny on-screen persona, Frank is haunted by loss: the mysterious hit-and-run accident that killed his predecessor and friend, Phil, and the ongoing demolition of his architect father's monumental postwar buildings. And then there are the things he can't seem to lose, no matter how hard he tries: his home, for one, on the market for years; and the nagging sense that he will never quite be the son his mother -- newly ensconced in an assisted-living center -- wanted. As Frank uncovers the shocking truth behind Phil's death and comes to terms with his domineering father's legacy, it is his beloved young daughter, Mo, who points him toward the future."@en

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  • "Talking books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Audiobooks"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en

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  • "The news where you are"
  • "The news where you are"@en
  • "The news where you are a novel"@en
  • "The news where you are [a novel]"@en

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