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of my favorite people in the whole wide world, but what do you want? I've got a ton of reading to do before today's show." She reached for the telephone and started punching in numbers while waiting for their answer. Neither woman would take offense, Jessica knew; it was just how one had to proceed in TV in order to get everything done.
    "It's about your stalker," Alexandra began.
    "I've got a bodyguard with me twenty-four hours a day, what more do you want?" Jessica demanded. Into the phone, "Hi, is Kate there, please? It's Jessica Wright returning her phone call."
    "Dirk thinks" -- Cassy began.
    "Dirk is a jerk, Cassy," Jessica said.
    "I'm sorry, but he is, and this macho power trip he's on with me has got to stop. I've got his bodyguard" -She spoke into the phone, her voice immediately softening.
    "Hi."
    Cassy looked at Alexandra and rolled her eyes.
    "Dirk is a little heavy-handed," Alexandra said.
    Jessica was smiling now, listening into the phone. And then she said, "Really? It is?" To Alexandra, "Could you go out and tell Bea to stand by the fax machine? There's a fax coming in from Kate."
    Alexandra did as she asked.
    "We'll need to make this fast, Kate," Jessica said into the phone, "because the big boss is sitting here." There was silence for a moment while Jessica listened, then suddenly, she looked surprised. To Cassy, "I'm talking " "And I'll be talking to her again later today."
    "It's coming through," Alexandra reported, returning to her spot on the couch.
    "Okay, it's coming through," Jessica said into the phone.
    "Thanks a lot. I'll call you later." Jessica jumped out of her chair.
    "It's a review from some magazine that all the booksellers and librarians read before the book comes out." As Jessica reached the door, Bea was on the way in with the fax. Jessica quickly took it from her, walking back slowly as she read, then stopping altogether, allowing Alexandra a chance to jump up and read over her shoulder.
    TALK by Jessica Wright Bennett, Fitzallen & Coe 232pp. $22 The autobiography of the TV talk-show host makes for terrific reading.
    Born a child of privilege in suburban New Jersey, Wright was known for her brains, wit, charm and physical attractiveness even as an adolescent. However, hers is a tale of gifts gone awry, a young life turned to sex and excess, of harrowing adventures and narrow escapes, including a marriage to a violent drug dealer. Ultimately it's the story of an immensely talented young woman whose accidental discovery on a public-access TV show in Tucson set her on the road to overcoming first her drug addiction and then later her alcoholism, and blossoming into the most beloved talk-show host since Oprah. At turns saucy, sassy, intelligent, and hilarious (much like Wright herself), this memoir is surprisingly moving. An introduction by Wright's friend and fellow DBS
    star, anchorwoman Alexandra Waring, is a bonus. Fans will eat this up.
    (June) 250,000 first printing. $200,000 ad promo Author Tour. 1st Serial to McCall's; Featured Selection Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club, TV Rights to Strenn Productions.
    "Wow, Jessica," Alexandra said, patting her back.
    "This is unbelievable. This is wonderful!"
    "Of course you'd think it's wonderful," Jessica said modestly.
    "You only rewrote every sentence in the book for me."
    "I did not," Alexandra said.
    "Yes, you did, Alexandra Eyes, but who cares? They like it!" Jessica waltzed around her office and then she stopped to strike a mockingly seductive pose.
    "Please note the physical attractiveness for which I have always been famous."
    All three laughed. While it was true that Jessica had become a beautiful woman, it was equally true that until very recently no one could convince her of that fact. Since coming to DBS she had always compared herself to Alexandra, the dark-haired "intelligent beauty" of the airwaves, who had always used those blue-gray eyes the way a master carpenter wielded a hammer. And then there was Cassy, the most