Paul Vale, The Stage
"her prose is confident and somewhat romantic, filled with reminiscences of an England that no longer exists."
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"the book is magic... Andrews is far too polite to exploit her catalogue of hurts, but some moments really sting" (Antonia Quirke
SUNDAY TIMES )
This book is several dozen cuts above the usual showbiz memoir. I eagerly await the next instalment" (Roger Lewis
SUNDAY EXPRESS )
"it is precisely the frankness which gives the book such an admirbly unsentimental tone." (Michael Arditti
DAILY TELEGRAPH )
"Andrews's book is not devoid of fascination. How could it be?" (
DAILY MAIL )
"will astond her friends and those who have followed her career." (
DAILY EXPRESS )
"lays bare several family secrets, including that she was born of an illicit affair" (
DAILY MAIL )
"most of the book is painfully shrewd and written with delicacy and pathos" (Emma Brockes
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE )
"The quality of her prose is such that you are remindeded she is already an established children's author.." (
SCOTSMAN )
"Julie tells the really quite harrowing part of her childhood with the same breeziness as she does her subsequent stardom." (Nicky Haslam
SPECTATOR )
"Dame Julie's precise voice drips from every sentence" (
Gay Times )
"Home is an honest self-portrait by a much-loved star who has a thumpingly good story to tell and tells it well." (
3SIXTY )
"Candid and perceptive, providing a vivid portrait of her formative years" (
Good Book Guide )
"Very well written as one would expecr from such an accomplished writer.. but with not a trace of self-pity from the author." (
ReFRESH )
There are revelations and anecdotes by the score in prose that is as immaculate as its author" (Christie Hickman
S Magazine, Sunday Express )
"her prose is confident and somewhat romantic, filled with reminiscences of an England that no longer exists." (Paul Vale
The Stage )
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