Book description
Pauline Quirke was a skinny child, a slim teenager, a curvy woman,
then Â- according to her bathroom scales (curse them) - just plain
fat. Yes, the 'F' word. Tipping the scales at nearly 20 stone, with
creaking knees and a dodgy ankle to boot, at the beginning of 2011
Pauline had reached a crisis point. Something had to change, and fast.
It was never going to be an easy ride, but with her trademark warmth
and sense of humour, Pauline recounts the highs and lows of the
rollercoaster year in which she whips herself, and her life, into
shape - with a fair few tales from her celebrated forty-year acting
career thrown into the bargain. She reveals all: from the strain of
working long hours away from home on one of Britain's most popular
soaps to renewing her wedding vows and reuniting with her Birds of
a Feather co-stars; from battling the bulge and facing the
naysayers to rediscovering the joys of airline travel . . . without a
seatbelt extension.
Honest and revealing, Where Have I Gone? is brimming with
brilliantly funny anecdotes and truly moving moments. So put your feet
up and join Pauline as she embarks on the most incredible year of her life.
Pauline Quirke began her career in television at just eight years
old, appearing in
Dixon of Dock Green.
She went on to host children's TV series in the 1970s, before taking a
role in
The Elephant Man
. In 1989 Pauline was cast as loveable loudmouth Sharon Theodopolopodous
in
Birds of a Feather
, which turned her into a household name. She remained with the series
until its conclusion in 1998 after over 100 episodes, before gaining
critical acclaim for performances in
Down to Earth
and
The Sculptress
. After recent roles in
Skins, The Bill
and
Casualty,
Pauline joined the cast of
Emmerdale
where she played the part of chirpy chatterbox Hazel Rhodes.
