So this week, my book Ruthless Women is finally released in paperback and it’s fair to say its success has totally changed my life.
For a start, I certainly wouldn’t be writing this column had it not become an international bestseller that even saw me grace the front cover of this very magazine!
An unknown fact is that my book was turned down by 29 (posh) publishers who all looked at it and me with disdain, saying, “Who wants to read a book about a bunch of has-been actresses battling to survive on an ailing soap opera?”
Well, it turned out more than 100,000 people have so far – and that’s just in this country. It’s already been picked up to be translated into five foreign languages (bit embarrassing when I only speak one!).
So if I said that when it became a bestseller I didn’t feel smug, I’d be lying. I loved it. Not just for me but as a victory and inspiration for anyone from “the wrong side of the tracks”, showing that you can defy people who want to put you down or block your way just because you are working class.
