|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewSarah Brown, wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown, gives her personal account of life at number 10 Downing Street. The Sunday Times bestseller In this personal memoir about life at 10 Downing Street, Sarah Brown shares the secrets of living behind the most famous front door in the world. Sarah gave up a successful career in business to serve the country. A passionate campaigner for women and children, she mobilised over a million people through her early adoption of Twitter. If you've ever wondered what it's like to pack for a photo call with supermodels or pause a speech in front of hundreds when the autocue fails, it's all here - from what to do when the school play clashes with a visit to the White House to what it feels like to support the man you love as he takes tough decisions to stave off global financial meltdown... Intimate, reflective, surprising and funny, Behind the Black Door takes us backstage to reveal what it's like to be an ordinary woman, wife and mother in extraordinary circumstances. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sarah BrownPublisher: Ebury Publishing Imprint: Ebury Press Dimensions: Width: 12.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.323kg ISBN: 9780091940584ISBN 10: 0091940583 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 02 February 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsSchool run, conference call, Obama for tea - Sarah Brown smiled, and tweeted, through it all. I love this woman -- Caitlin Moran, Author Of How To Be A Woman A loyal, loving, positive account of what can be achieved by a Prime Minister's supportive wife The Times Warm and candid Daily Mail Fascinating reading -- Laura Barton Guardian Fascinating and endearing Woman's Own School run, conference call, Obama for tea - Sarah Brown smiled, and tweeted, through it all. I love this woman -- Caitlin Moran, author of HOW TO BE A WOMAN A loyal, loving, positive account of what can be achieved by a Prime Minister's supportive wife * The Times * Warm and candid * Daily Mail * Fascinating reading -- Laura Barton * Guardian * Fascinating and endearing * Woman's Own * Author InformationSarah Brown is President of the charity PiggyBankKids and Patron of a number of charities including Women's Aid, Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres and SHINE Education Trust. She is also the Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, a member of the Global Campaign for Education's High Level Panel and an international speaker on maternal health, and women's issues. She and Gordon have two boys, John and Fraser, and she tweets at www.twitter.com/SarahBrownUK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |