{"product_id":"diary-of-an-mps-wife-inside-and-outside-power-9780349144405","title":"Diary of an Mp's Wife: Inside and Outside Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Political Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003encial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThey're the wickedest political diaries since Alan Clark's' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riotously candid' Decca Aitkenhead, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the lid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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'. She detonates the stereotype of the dutiful wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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. Here 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiary of an MP's Wife \u003c\/i\u003eis a searingly honest, wildly indiscreet and often uproarious account of what life is like in the thick of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abacus (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780349144405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.56h x 4.96w x 1.42d","brand":"Sasha Swire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561872199861,"sku":"9780349144405","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_99ab7033-131e-46d0-9c67-3fdbc0f350a8.jpg?v=1670942194","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/diary-of-an-mps-wife-inside-and-outside-power-9780349144405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}