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Speaking for myself : my life from Liverpool to Downing Street
- Title
- Speaking for myself : my life from Liverpool to Downing Street / Cherie Blair.
- Author
- Blair, Cherie.
- Publication
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DA566.9.B565 A3 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- 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. Here, she gives a complete account of her own life--an unconventional childhood full of drama which left her with a fierce sense of justice, then life as a working mother married to the Prime Minister. She writes about her encounters with 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.--From publisher description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- June 2007 xi -- 1 The Beginning 3 -- 2 Growing Up 18 -- 3 Girlhood 23 -- 4 Convent Girl 31 -- 5 Student Life 38 -- 6 Brief Encounter 47 -- 7 Tenancy 56 -- 8 Romance 67 -- 9 Marriage 76 -- 10 Politics 85 -- 11 Sedgefield 98 -- 12 Departures 111 -- 13 Moving On 120 -- 14 All Change 127 -- 15 Nearly There 136 -- 16 Hurdles 143 -- 17 Home Life 154 -- 18 Election Fever 165 -- 19 Endgame 171 -- 20 New Dawn 182 -- 21 Special Relationship 194 -- 22 Journeys 203 -- 23 Changing Gears 218 -- 24 New Horizons 230 -- 25 Future Imperfect 245 -- 26 Frontiers 256 -- 27 Collision Course 268 -- 28 Mea Culpa 279 -- 29 Family Matters 295 -- 30 Going the Distance 307 -- 31 Benediction 321 -- 32 Leaving 336.
- ISBN
- 9780316031455
- 0316031453
- LCCN
- 2008032825
- OCLC
- ocn225870364
- 225870364
- SCSB-14108037
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library