Behind the Black Door

I't took me about 4 months to finish this book. It's kind of like a magazine. If I have a few minutes, I'll read a few pages, but not compelling enough to devote precious minutes to during tax season.......more

Interesting to find out what priministerial spouses get up to! A good description of life behind the scenes in Downing Street and especially at all the international conferences and state visits where they have their own program and promote their pet causes. It got a little bit samey after a while.......more

A fascinating insight I so enjoyed this book. It is well written and obviously comes from the heart of a woman who is passionate about the causes she believes in as well as her family. I remember well the tragedy of the death of Jennifer and how sad we all were as always for a parent who loses their......more

I’m not quite sure what I expected from this book, but certainly not what I got. The book is written by the wife of a former British Prime Minister, and I have to say that I didn’t finish it. From half the book I did read, it seemed to be little more than a travel diary. Every day is the same, only t......more

I really wanted to like this book. Brown comes over as a dedicated and hard working person. However I have to admit I found it it rather hard going and didn't finish it. She is relentlessly nice about everyone from the Downing Street cleaners to Prince Andrew (and it's interesting to see characters......more