Forthright memoirs of a singular personality - former MP and STRICTLY COME DANCING star, Ann Widdecombe.
Born in 1947, Ann Widdecombe was brought up in Singapore. She entered Parliament as MP for Maidstone in 1987. Her four novels are published by Orion.
She gives a unique insight into the workings of government from her
time as a minister in three departments and as a member of the
Shadow cabinet in the 1990s
*DAILY EXPRESS*
You wouldn't expect Ann Widdecombe to pull her punches - but
there's NEVER been a political autobiography quite like this
*THE MAIL ON SUNDAY*
The book captures the intensity of emotions and the relentlessness
of intrigue at Westminster for a minister determined to hold on to
her integrity under what feels to her like pressure from all sides.
It is a vivid portrayal of a world she clearly loves
*THE TIMES*
It is briskly and competently written ... if you are a Widdy fan,
as she seems to believe most people are, you'll enjoy this book
*THE SUNDAY TIMES*
Ann Widdecombe has sailed through life with the same brisk,
no-nonsense style that she brings to this highly readable
memoir
*THE SPECTATOR*
The book is breezily written, as befits the author of four novels,
and characteristically honest
*GUARDIAN*
a feisty public figure in an increasingly conformist world, a woman
who doesn't give a toss what you think about her looks and isn't
prepared to compromise her views for anyone
*EVENING STANDARD*
From Singapore to Dartmoor and Parliament to the pantomime stage,
Ann takes readers on a gloriously entertaining journey through her
life
*HELLO magazine*
Publishers know that the sales of political memoirs depend entirely
on the author's popularity. This explains why Alan Johnson's
autobiography has risen skywards while poor David Blunkett's
performed a bellyflop. Widdecombe's ripping tale will follow the
flightpath of the former
*THE SPECTATOR*
If feminism is about robust individualism and uncompromising,
occasionally bolshie personality - and your guess is as good as
mine - well, she's up there with Mary Beard ... She's good-humoured
about the controversies but gets her own back
*EVENING STANDARD*
Ann Widdecombe is big. It's politics that got small
*THE MAIL ON SUNDAY*
She has a compelling story to tell, particularly about political
dramas at the heart of Westminster and, with the instinctive gift
for narrative that has made her a successful novelist, she relates
it in a highly readable style
*DAILY EXPRESS*
Hugely entertaining autobiography ... the principal joy of this
book, though, is that, reading it, you could just as easily be
sitting chatting to Ann
*THE CATHOLIC HERALD*
But I have great pleasure in saying that this book is a cut above
the usual political autobiography and I would have been proud to
publish it
*LBC.CO.UK*
The former minister, author and Express columnist's life story is
clearly a gripping read
*SUNDAY EXPRESS*
This is a charming portrait of growing up, an insightful portrait
of an age, and a candid account of the mess of Parliament from a
survivor of the electoral carnage of 1997
*CHURCH TIMES*
She had many of Thatcher's qualities, with more of the wit
*POLITICAL BOOKS*
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