Nene by Peter FitzSimmons

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages starting to sun.

It's 1987. Big hair and shoulder pads rule. Flamboyant deputy editor Nene King storms out of New Idea to become editor of Kerry Packer's Woman's Day, determined to overthrow New Idea and her former boss Dulcie Boling's supremacy.

What followed was the rise of celebrity and gossip-fuelled journalism, a world where Nene reigned supreme. Even the once untouchable Royals - Charles and Diana, Fergie and Andrew - became fodder for the magazines' ratings war.

Famous for her friendship with the Packer family, infamous for her publication of Fergie's toe-sucking picture, Nene's own life has not been free from tragedy. Her beloved husband, Patrick, went missing while diving with friends off Bondi. His body was never recovered. When the shock of the tragedy saw Nene end up in Narcotics Anonymous, she realised it was time for a change.

Retiring from the world of magazines, gradually Nene took back her life. In 2013, when Paper Giants: Magazine Wars airs on ABC, Nene updates readers with the continuing ups and downs of her rollercoaster life as when deceived by people she trusted, Nene loses her home and all her savings.

Includes a new Afterword by Nene herself. (back cover)