Singled Out - Simon Brett
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: Simon Brett
Tags: General Fiction, Novel, Mystery, Adults
Its 1973. Television producer Laura Fisher enjoys a good life: a stimulating job, dinners in trendy London restaurants, an attractive apartment. But something is missing. She is essentially alone in the world, separated from her husband, rarely seeing her policeman brother. Perhaps a child would fill the void. Theres only one problem: who should father the baby? Not her husband, whom she dislikes. Not someone from a new relationship. That might mean messy complications. So Laura goes to a bar and picks up a man for a one-night sexual encounter. After the baby is born, Laura doesnt see the father again until she stares in horror one day at a familiar face in the newspaper. Its the man from the bar. The newspaper story tells Laura that shes made a terrible mistake, one that she and her little son, Tom, will have to live with forever. Twenty years later, Laura owns a small television production studio offering on-camera coaching to publicity-hungry politicians and businessmen. Its not exc
