Now, at last, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story. And it's far richer and stranger than any part she's played.
Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to her being known as the naughtiest girl Oxford High School ever had; how she ended up posing nude for Augustus John aged 17, being sent to Coventry by Monty Python and the Goodies and swearing on University Challenge (she was the first woman to say F*** on TV). This book is packed with unforgettable stories from why Bob Monkhouse was the best (male) kiss she's ever had to being told off by the Queen. With a cast list stretching from Scorsese to Streisand, Leonardo di Caprio to Isaiah Berlin, This Much is True is as warm and honest, as full of life and surprises, as she is.
I read this with my reading buddy Kath in September, and my god I loved it!
Miriam has always been a cracking lady, but reading her book I realised just how much more amazing she really is. You can’t go into this book without knowing what you’re going to be face with. Anyone who knows Miriam knows this book is going to be full of swearing, sex, and a lot of shocking moments. And boy it did not disappoint!
I loved reading about young Miriam, from starting school she was an absolute little tinker. She wasn’t naughty, but done silly things like dressing up as a french woman and pretending to be a new students mother. I can imagine her being such a funny girl. It was nice to read about her home life growing up, and finding her own way in the world as she got older. The hilarious stories carry on throughout the book, and the one with The Queen was brilliant. I noticed how much has changed since this book was written, which wasn’t that long ago. She talks about how much she admires The Queen, her husband Prince Phillip, and how Charles will make a good King one day. Well, this is all different now, with The Queen and Prince Phillip no longer with us, and King Charles now ruling.
There is so much sex in this book. I love how truthful and honest Miriam is, she gives herself big props as the best person around to erm ‘service’ a man, and how she often did this for anyone who asked.
This lady is wonderful, she’s had a brilliant life so far, and I hope she still has a good few years in her yet.
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