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Book at Bedtime: Lucy Kellaway - In Office Hours

Book at Bedtime: Lucy Kellaway - In Office Hours: Episode 1

In Office Hours

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Lucy Kellaway - In Office Hours

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New challenges beckon for high-flying economist Stella Bradberry and PA Bella Chambers.

Changes are underway at the oil giant AE, and new challenges beckon for high-flying economist Stella Bradberry and the PA Bella Chambers. Read by Haydn Gwynne and Lyndsey Marshal.

"In Office Hours" is the new novel by Lucy Kellaway about men and women at work, and  illicit love.  In today's opening episode, changes are underway at the oil giant, AE, and new challenges beckon high flying Stella Bradberry, and the PA Bella Chambers.

The latest novel from the columnist, Lucy Kellaway, is a witty and sharply observed exploration of today's contemporary corporate world, and what happens when passions run high. The economist Stella Bradberry is at the top of her game, juggling a high powered career with motherhood.  Bella Chambers is a bright and pretty single mother who was forced to drop out of college, and is working as a PA to make ends meet.  Both women work for Atlantic Energy, a global oil company based in London, where risk taking is a way of life.  When the Head of Press resigns unexpectedly, new opportunities and challenges open up for Stella and Bella, which ultimately lead them both to embark on obsessive and destructive affairs.

Readers: Hadyn Gwynne has recently returned from Broadway where she was appearing in the award winning hit musical "Billy Elliot" after it transferred from London's West End.  Award winning actress Lyndsey Marshal has most recently appeared on stage in "Three Days of Rain" and on television in "Being Human" and "Garrow's Law".

Writer: Lucy Kellaway is the "Financial Times" management columnist.  She lives in London and is married with four children.    
Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer Elizabeth Allard.

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Hadyn Gwynne and Lyndsey Marshal read from the novel by Lucy Kellaway

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