Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street - Hardcover

Blair, Cherie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316031453 ISBN 13: 9780316031455

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Synopsis

Even if she hadn't married Tony Blair, Cherie's story would have been amazing. Abandoned by her actor father, she overcame obstacles to become one of the UK's most successful barristers. But when Labour took power in 1997, she faced new challenges: her husband was the first Prime Minister in recent history with a young family, and Cherie was the first PM's wife with a serious career.
Now, she gives a complete account of her own life--an astonishing journey for a woman whose unconventional childhood was full of drama and who grew up with a fierce sense of justice. In her autobiography she reveals for the first time what it was like to combine life as a working mother with life married to the Prime Minister. She writes about her encounters with scores of foreign leaders and her friendships with Presidents Clinton and Bush, as well as with Hillary and Laura. And she offers inside details of her relationships with the royals, including Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana.

About this title

About the Author:

Cherie Blair, known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is an English barrister. She is married to Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister.

From Booklist:

Blair, wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair, has penned a dishy autobiography that will appeal to a niche audience of readers. Rather than a solid reconsideration of her less-than-privileged Liverpudlian childhood, her career as a top-notch barrister, her “marriage of equals” to the man who would and did become prime minister, and her failures and successes as a working mother, she prefers to bolster her own ego and polish her husband’s reputation at the expense of what could have been a fascinating memoir. Scores of celebrities and prominent political figures appear throughout the narrative, and it’s not too hard to guess which ones are on Cherie’s good side and which ones most decidedly are not. Still, there is no denying that Mrs. Blair had a box seat to many of the most formative international events of the last few decades, and although her insider’s view of history unfolding may be a biased one, it is nevertheless a fascinating one. --Margaret Flanagan

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0316031453
• ISBN 13: 9780316031455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432