Marje:Authorised Biography: The Guilt and the Gingerbread

by Angela Patmore (Author), Angela Patmore (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $4.16

  In her 40 years with The Daily Mirror , Marjorie Proops has travelled the world and interviewed celebrities such as The Princess Royal, Lady Thatcher, Elizabeth Taylor and Spike Milligan. Ever the champion of the persecuted, she has campaigned to remove the stigma from divorce, homosexuality, one-parent families and abortion, and is best-known for her frank answers to thousands of correspondents who have sought her advice over the years. This biography reveals details of her unhappy marriage, her 20-year affair, her battles against ill-health and her longing for more children after the birth of her son.

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.25

  A Daily Mirror columnist since 1954, Marjorie Proops is fondly regarded as a national institution, her advice as an agony aunt heeded by millions. Behind the page, however, has been a life and marriage as eventful as anything recorded in her mailbag. Written with the co-operation of Marje , this biography takes a look at the life and work of Marjorie Proops.