{"product_id":"9781922268068","title":"The Competition","description":"Author: Collette, Katherine\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922268068\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Collette's much-anticipated and hilarious follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Helpline\u003c\/i\u003e, the debut Aussie novel that charmed the world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrances quite honestly isn't that excited about the SpeechMakers annual national conference and public-speaking competition. What she's excited about (relatively speaking) is that this year there's a major prize. Frances has a few small problems, and forty thousand dollars would go a long way to sorting them out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith is Frances's probably-ex-mentor, it's hard to tell since she's not talking to him, and he disapproves of the prize money. He thinks SpeechMakers should be about self-improvement, not self-enrichment. He wants to win the competition, though. He thinks it might help the situation with his wife Linda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeil doesn't care about the competition at all but Judy, his mother and coach, does, so.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd Rebecca...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActually, what the hell is Rebecca doing here? Rebecca belongs to Frances's past, not her present. And certainly not her (hopefully) less-disastrous future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Collette, author of the hilarious \u003ci\u003eThe Helpline\u003c\/i\u003e, returns with another sharply observed comedy of manners and a cast of loveable underachievers, headed for self-improvement despite themselves.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48198035832990,"sku":"UBD-9781922268068","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922268068.jpg?v=1787746095","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922268068","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}