A hilarious new novel from renowned actress Nichola McAuliffe.
Leading lady and one-time telly star Eleanor Woodwarde's life is collapsing around her exquisitely turned ankles. Her career has hit the skids. Her husband's chasing a chicken-eating spider up the Amazon. Her son's forgotten she exists. As an alternative to suicide, she takes the lead in an overblown West End salsa musical.

The producer's volatile incompetence is matched only by the length of his cigar. A rival actress is after the number one dressing room. And the director can't keep his hands to himself. Eleanor fears for her sanity, but at fifty quid a skull she knows the show must go on...