This book isn't an autobiography but rather a number of anecdotes from her long and varied life. Chapters range from 'Getting to Know You' to 'How to Stay Married' and 'Never Steal Thunder' which means that the book reads like a series of short stories. As with every collection of short stories that I've ever read I feel that some of them work whereas others don't but I suspect that other readers are likely to enjoy differing ones to me.

This book was bought for me as a present and as such isn't something that I would normally read. I'm not really interested in the cult of 'celebrity', but on the whole I enjoyed reading about this extraordinary and forthright lady, and I'd quite happily have her come sit beside me on a park bench for a natter. ( )

Received as a birthday gift, or I don't think I would have chosen Miriam! She is awesome, though - very, very blunt and explicit about everything from her body and sexuality to politics and acting. Like an old woman without a conversation filter, except she's always been like that. My main discovery is that she was the voice of the Cadbury's Caramel bunny, though! ( )