by Anne Robinson (Author)
Anne Robinson's mother was a cross between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa. When she became a young reporter in Fleet Street, her mother, a wealthy market trader, bought her a mink coat and told her to have a facial once a month. But Robinson's early success almost ended in her destruction. A doomed marriage was followed by a secret custody battle for her two-year-old daughter, Emma. "Is it true," her husband's barrister demanded in court, "you once said you'd rather cover the Vietnam War than vacuum the sitting room?" This is a shocking, funny poignant, honest account of three generations of women - Anne's formidable mother; Anne; and her daughter Emma - plus Anne's downfall, including the shame of the years after the custody battle, her alcoholism and the triumph of returning to take a second go at life and making it work.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 397
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 13 Jun 2002
ISBN 10: 0751532681
ISBN 13: 9780751532685
Prizes: Shortlisted for WH Smith Book Awards (Biography & Autobiography) 2002.
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