Back After The Break

A dynamic new voice in commercial women's fiction in the tradition of Cathy Kelly and Sheila O'Flanagan

Fresh, bubbly and highly entertaining. An unputdownable page-turner

PATRICIA SCANLAN, author of Francesca's Party

'Notaro writes with great wit, style, intelligence and insight'

A glamorous, pacy book - a real page-turner.  Notaro is going to be a name to reckon with.

Anita Notaro is a TV producer, journalist and director and worked for RTE, Ireland's national broadcasting organization, for eighteen years. She has directed the Eurovision Song Contest and the Irish General Election, as well as programmes for the BBC and Channel 4. She is the author of Back After the Break, Behind the Scenes and The WWW Club.

Ever had your heart blown to smithereens? 
 
Ever wondered if happy-ever-after only happens to other people? 
 
Lindsay Davidson is not your usual angst-ridden thirty-something. She's got life sussed. She's just about to marry Paul Hayes - think Johnny Depp meets Colin Firth with a hint of Brad Pitt - when a phone call rips her life apart. Cue bucketloads of tears and self-doubt, until, amazingly, a chink of light in the form of the job of a lifetime. 
 
Working behind the scenes on one of the top-rated TV chat shows opens up a fascinating new world, with as much sex and scandal off-screen! A fairytale weekend with a hot new presenter gives Lindsay reason to hope again, until a misunderstanding means her heart takes another battering. Soon, there's a life-changing decision to be made and meanwhile, Paul wonders if he's made a mistake...

No Ordinary Love

Anita Notaro is a TV producer, journalist and director, and worked for RTE, Ireland's national broadcasting organization, for eighteen years. She has directed the Eurovision Song Contest and the Irish General Election, as well as programmes for the BBC and Channel 4. 
 
Her novel TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW was the winner of the Galaxy Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year in 2008.

When Lulu wakes up one morning and realises that she's in crisis, she knows she must rethink her life completely. She just needs more time - time to relax, time to have fun with her friends and, most importantly, time to find the perfect man who's eluded her for far too long. So she packs in her job as a therapist, ditches the swanky apartment, waves goodbye to her soft-top car and embraces a simpler life. 
 
But then a terrible tragedy strikes and Lulu realizes that it isn't that easy to escape the past after all. Can she deal with her unfinished business and make the perfect life she longs for?

Take A Look At Me Now

A powerful rollercoaster that charts a young woman's poignant path to maturity without the one person she'd always relied on ... her twin sister.

An emotional rollercoaster that keeps you turning the pages.

Achingly heart-rending, this is a real page turner.

The opening chapter is so moving and powerful that you will not want to put the book down until the very last page...TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW should definitely be on your summer must-read list.

Anita Notaro is a TV producer, journalist and director and worked for RTE, Ireland's national broadcasting organization, for eighteen years. She has directed the Eurovision Song Contest and the Irish General Election, as well as programmes for the BBC and Channel 4. She is the author of BACK AFTER THE BREAK, BEHIND THE SCENES, THE WWW CLUB and TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW.

Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been smashing garlic and rosemary and watching the soaps, her sister Alison had drowned. 
 
Coming to terms with losing her only sibling and best friend was devastating, becoming a mother overnight to Ali's three-year-old son Charlie was mind-boggling, but discovering that her identical twin had been leading a secret life for years was almost Lily's undoing... 
 
And so begins a journey linked with four men who'd been part of a life she hadn't even known existed. A journey that forces Lily to come to terms with a father who'd never really cared for her, a child who needs her too much and a sister who wasn't what she seemed.

The WWW Club

Dynamic new Irish talent returns with her break-out novel

Will have you both crying and laughing out loud

The Women Watching Weight Club is a perfectly fun read for anyone who ever has.

Full of girlie fun...keep the tissues at the ready.

A wonderful, warm and witty story about fun and friendship.

Life in general is getting in the way of Pam, Maggie, Ellie and Toni losing weight. And the men aren't helping either. There's an ex-husband who suddenly wants his children; a rich, powerful playboy who has everything, including a wife at home; a boyfriend who has serious difficulty opening his wallet and an employer who isn't what he seems. No doubt about it, drastic action is needed. 
 
And so the Women Watching Weight Club is born - a last-ditch attempt at halting the sharp decline in willpower that goes hand in hand with the stress and trauma of everyday living. There's only one problem though - with so much real-life drama going on all around them, the girls are never going to find it easy... 
 
The WWW Club - a tale of calories, gossip, laughter, a little romance...and the enduring power of female friendship.

Behind The Scenes

The keenly awaited second novel from the author of BACK AFTER THE BREAK.

'Definitely an up-all-night-to-finish-it book. I loved it'

Little girls dream ... Libby Marlowe did. And a fairy godmother sprinkled her with gold dust and it all came true. She got her castle and her handsome prince, and as this was a modern-day fairy tale they even threw in a glamorous career as a celebrity chef. As one half of the couple everyone wanted to be like, it was all going in the direction of Happy Ever After until late one night when the dream began to unravel. 
 
Years earlier, someone trod less than softly on Annie Weller's dreams and she's still feeling the squash. As a teenager she lost her mother, in her twenties a serious illness almost ended her acting career and now, approaching thirty, insecurity and failure are her constant companions. Until, early one morning, opportunity knocks on the door. Will she let it in? 
 
Two women whose paths would ordinarily never cross. Two lives about to spiral, but in opposing directions. Two very different stories played out in the media spotlight, welding a unique friendship, BEHIND THE SCENES.

Anita Notaro

A Cinderella tale full of wit, wisdom and heart-cockle-warming Irishness. Pacy, satirical and irresistible, a perfect escapist read

The plot rolls along at a fine pace...wrapped in the values of family, friendship and romance.

If you're looking for the perfect summer book and complete escapism, then this will be right up your street.

This engaging novel gives us a real insight into the courage it takes to stand up in front of the world.

Be careful what you wish for... 
 
Antonia has always put everyone else before herself. Shy and quiet, her life in a small village in Wicklow has been devoted to her invalid mother and singing in the local church choir. Somehow, it's easier that way. 
 
But when she is left alone her friends encourage her to audition for a television talent show. Blessed with a glorious singing voice, she is suddenly thrust into the limelight and enters the world of celebrity and glamour. She's the Girl from Nowhere, but can she cope with this startling new life? Antonia discovers that this business is tougher than she ever thought possible, but also that she's stronger than she thought she was. And she finds that help can come from the most unexpected places...

Anita Notaro

Praise for A Moment Like This

A Cinderella tale full of wit, wisdom and heart-cockle-warming Irishness. Pacy, satirical and irresistible, a perfect escapist read

The plot rolls along at a fine pace...wrapped in the values of family, friendship and romance.

If you're looking for the perfect summer book and complete escapism, then this will be right up your street.

A Cinderella tale full of wit, wisdom and heart-cockle-warming Irishness. Pacy, satirical and irresistible, a perfect escapist read

The plot rolls along at a fine pace...wrapped in the values of family, friendship and romance.

If you're looking for the perfect summer book and complete escapism, then this will be right up your street.

A Cinderella tale full of wit, wisdom and heart-cockle-warming Irishness. Pacy, satirical and irresistible, a perfect escapist read

The plot rolls along at a fine pace...wrapped in the values of family, friendship and romance.

If you're looking for the perfect summer book and complete escapism, then this will be right up your street.

Books by Anita Notaro

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