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Article: No snorkelling in Cherie's goldfish bowl; The Goldfish Bowl .[pounds sterling]15.19 by Cherie Booth and Cate Haste Chatto & Windus [pounds sterling]18.99 (0870 165 0870).
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2004
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Byline: CAROL THATCHER
Being the spouse of the Prime Minister is a job that looks deceptively easy on paper: gaze adoringly at partner, stand outside famous No10 front door, smile, wave, disappear inside to enjoy red-carpet perks while your other half worries about running the country. The reality is rather different.
'Nothing prepares you for . . .
what awaits you behind that famous black door,' says Cherie Booth in her introduction to The Goldfish Bowl: Married To The Prime Minister 1955-1997.
Her book is an attempt to find out how her predecessors dealt with the pressures of life in Downing Street. Co-written with the social ...