There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You (32 page)

Me and my lads at Center Pares 2013.

Fatherhood for my son Michael Peluso and my grandson Sacha.

Granny and Grandson Sacha on my precious Cockington Rocking horse.

Me and my love, Michael. This photo was taken by Brian Aris for YOURS magazine and he very kindly let me use it for our 2013 Christmas card. Just hours after it was taken I was rushed to hospital with severe abdominal pains which was the start of the decline to Christmas and my life-saving surgery. It is amazing what make-up and hair can do for a girl!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Epigraph

Prologue

1 And So it Began

2 Pantoland and Other Adventures

3 Country House Sunday

4 A Passionate Woman

5 A Textbook Case

6 Low Tides and High Tea

7 Fighting Back

8 High Days and Holidays

9 Tasty Travels

10 Halfway There

11 A Real-Life Prince

12 All Change Again

13 Holding On to the Festive Spirit

14 The Best-Laid Plans Go To Waste

15 Justice for the Little Man

16 Adjustments in the Underwear Department

17 A Grand Day Out

18 Center Parcs with the Family

19 When I Am Gone

20 Times, They Are a-changin’

21 My Birth Father

22 Time Will Tell

Epilogue

Picture Section