Reality Check By Vicki Notaro

Portia’s life is sorted. She has a perfect man (Jason, a hot TV producer from Ireland), a perfect apartment (in lower Manhattan), a perfect job (writing for TV). Best of all for her, unlike the rest of her family, she lives in perfect obscurity. On the other hand, it’s all drama with her mother, Dessie, Kerry-born queen bee of reality show, Ladies of Los Angeles, and sisters, Vinnie, a supermodel-turned-Insta-guru and Ariel, a Tik-Tok teen sensation. When Jason drops a bombshell that leaves her life in tatters, Portia flees to be with her family. Her timing couldn’t be worse though as scandal engulfs Vinnie’s empire and Ariel’s bratty behaviour gets out of hand. As for Dessie, she’s clearly hiding something. It seems like the glamour and gossip on which Dessie built her empire might just be its downfall. And maybe Portia is about to get as big a wake-up call as her mother and sisters.