Girl Next Door

Anne Diamond is known and loved by millions. Once the elfin queen of breakfast and daytime television, she shot back into the limelight in 2002 when she appeared in the Celebrity Big Brother house. In her long-awaited autobiography, this popular presenter reveals the truth about the girl next door who became a household name. Anne Diamond tells it as it really was - a life of ups and downs, exciting highs and gut-wrenching lows - and how at fifty she feels more in charge of her destiny than she ever did before. She describes the heyday of breakfast television, the fun and the gossip, when everything she did made headline news. And she tells of the sadnesses, the loss of her father, the sudden and tragic death of her young son, the demolition of her marriage, the axing of her TV programme, and what the public saw as the final insult - the loss of her figure! Observers feared she would crumble under the strain. But that was to underestimate the sheer guts, determination and downright pluck that have made Anne Diamond as bright as her name. Her book is both entertaining and moving - and it will have wide appeal.