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Recently turned into a BBC television series, this is a charming and funny memoir of escaping a bonkers family and following your dreams. Simon Doonan's childhood was filled with small town boredom and bright lights city dreams. Growing up in a working class area of Reading with the mad-cap Doonan clan, he yearned to get out and find the Beautiful People, whom he imagined lived fabulous lives of glitz and glamour. This is the charming and funny story of how Simon eventually escapes to London with best friend Biddie Biddlecombe. Along the way they stumble upon punks, drunks, ladies of the night, the long arm of the law and all sorts of camps, vamps and outrageous scamps. But does he ever find the Beautiful People? Or could they be the ones he left behind...? Simon is a an openly gay style commentator who has worked on Harper's Bazaar, America's Next Top Model, and author of Confessions of a Window Dresser. Also watch the smash hit television series based on this book, now available on DVD.
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008
Author: Simon Doonan