{"product_id":"9781408713419","title":"Diary of an MP's Wife : Inside and Outside Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Swire, Sasha, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/09\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 544 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Little, Brown,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Little, Brown Book Group,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Diaries \u0026amp; journals, Autobiography: historical political \u0026amp; military\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781408713419\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the lid. For more than twenty years she has kept a secret diary detailing the trials and tribulations of being a political plus-one, and gives us a ringside seat at the seismic political events of the last decade. A professional partner and loyal spouse, Swire has strong political opinions herself - sometimes more 'No, Minister' than 'Yes'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe detonates the stereotype of the dutiful wife. From shenanigans in Budleigh Salterton to state banquets at Buckingham Palace, gun-toting terrorist busters in pizza restaurants to dinners in Downing Street sitting next to Boris Johnson, Devon hedges to partying with City hedgies, she observes the great and the not-so-great at the closest of quarters. The results are painfully revealing and often hilariously funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere are the friendships and the fall-outs, the general elections and the leadership contests, the scandals and the rivalries. Swire showed up, shored up and rarely shut up. She also wrote it all down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiary of an MP's Wife is a searingly honest, wildly indiscreet and often uproarious account of what life is like in the thick of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36227909877913,"sku":"9781408713419","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781408713419.jpg?v=1604773256","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781408713419","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}