Speaking for Myself - The Autobiography

Blair takes the reader on a fascinating journey from her childhood in working-class Liverpool to the heart of the British legal system and then, as the wife of the Prime Minister, to Number 10 Downing Street. Blair's unconventional childhood was gull of drama. Abandoned by her father at an early age, she was raised by her mother and grandmother. They instilled in her a fierce sense of justice, along with the indomitable Scouse spirit and humour that has often served her well, and occasionally landed her in trouble. The first in her family to attend university, Cherie became a highly successful barrister in a profession not used to encouraging working-class women. When she met and fell in love with Tony Blair, she had no idea that her life would take an even more remarkable turn. She now found herself in a new and challenging role in the public eye. Here she describes what it was like to combine this role with life as a working mother. A warm, intimate and often very funny portrait of a family living in extraordinary circumstances..