At 18 years of age Laine Marshall was living her life the way most 18 year olds dream of. Having left home and school at 17 she had fallen into working as a PR assistant for one of the hippest record companies around – Vestal Records. Laine didn’t just make the tea & do the photocopying; she did it for the best & hippest bands around!
Her boss Adam Brighton was a naturally good manager. He gave his small, tight-knit team of four enough freedom for them to feel they were all the most integral part of the team. He would stroke their egos just enough to get the best out of them without creating any diva-esque nemeses.
Each one truly was an important part of Vestal’s growing success in the heady music PR arena. Adam loved analogies and would often wax lyrical about the strength that came from standing together as a solid team. He maintained that the hand could not work without the arm, or the leg without the foot. It had taken a big stretch of the imagination when he started discussing how the butt could not work without the mouth! Playing the lovable rouge so skilfully allowed Adam a longer length of rope than the others.
Vestal’s PR team were deft and skilful. They confidently navigated their way through the thorns and wit of many a journalistic sniper. Artful and diplomatic, they diffused many a damaging headline, exerting a confident and calming influence on all who came across them.
All Tomorrow’s Parties Description:
Set in the music industry of 1980s London, All Tomorrow’s Parties is a journey through life and love. Laine Marshall isn’t a product of the 1980s she is the epitome of it. 18 years of age and working for Vestal records, the hippest label around. She is truly living her dream.
Taking the day to day hedonism in her stride, Laine experiences every emotion under the sun except the one she craves the most – love. With a backdrop of eighties classic songs, Laine Marshall’s adventures take her to Italy where a chance encounter puts her onto a roller coaster of emotions that twist and turn. Someone is out to derail her ‘happy ever after’ but who and why?
All Tomorrow’s Parties will have your thoughts racing and your heart running for cover. Sometimes you have to play the cards you’ve been dealt and hope. LAINE MARSHALL exemplifies hope.
What the reviews say:
***** “Fitton’s characters are well-rounded, believable, and easy to relate to – real. Laine’s journey is complex and her problems identifiable; the inevitable messy conclusion to her issues unfold in a completely unpredictable way. Fitting for the story. Just like life.”
***** “It’s clear that Nicole Fitton has a fine talent for emotionally powerful storytelling and I look forward to reading her next work.”
