A big-hearted comedy about what happens when being the brainiest person in the room doesn't mean things work out the way you imagined The feel-good book for 2018The Helpline is one of those delightful and all too rare 'up-lit' books you can recommend to anyone as a pick-me-up or ideal gift Such an appealing novel that Text is offering a money-back guarantee readers will love it: see back page for details The author was inspired to write The Helpline after meeting one Trump-like president of a senior citizens centre. This obnoxious 85 year-old in a motorised wheelchair was furious at a Chinese group for playing mah-jong in the bingo room and threw out a cake plate belonging to the Miniature Train Society because she was angry with them. The council, feeling she had to go, arranged a sort of coup and had her replaced. Katherine Collette loved that the same things that play out on the world stage: power, ambition, politics, etc. where playing out at this level To be supported by a major marketing and publicity campaign including a trailer and social media strategy Bound proofs available Katherine Collette is a sewerage engineer who lives in Preston, Victoria