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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9784444405669 Edition: SPECIAL ISBN: 444440566X Publication Date: November 16, 2000 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: The celebrity memoir is a dangerous beast, and Fools Rush In by television personality Anthea Turner certainly knows how to bare its teeth. Cleverly ghost-written by romance writer Wendy Holden, the pace here is fast and breathless, and pages turn fast; this is certainly a recommended holiday read for fans of Hello! and OK!. Tracing her origins from the English Pottery district, through her rise to Auntie's prime-time sugar babe and on to the sticky mess of her marriage break up, Turner is remarkably frank throughout. She exposes the frailties of those around her--ex-fiance Bruno Brookes' dangerous temper and Eamonn Holmes' "ultimate betrayal". Even ex-husband Peter Powell's tendency to be "emotionally distant--we didn't share a marital bed"-- is laid bare (remarkable considering Peter Powell is still Turner's manager and therefore sanctioned the book)--this story is filled with titbits of gossip that can be described as both meaty and tacky in equal measures. Turner's truthfulness--at least, the truth as seen through her own, Peter-Pan eyes--seems unquestionable, and while this latest contender for the Turner Prize for Publicity leaves ex-lovers shivering naked in the spotlight, Anthea perhaps tells us more about herself than she intends by dropping in priceless quotes. "I was at the very peak of my career, rivalled only, according to one paper, as the blonde most little girls wanted to be" she lisps blithely, before informing us "I'm a big Michael Flatley fan". More telling are her recurrent references to money, from "Pete and I divorced for #127.50" to "It has cost Grant and I over 1 million pounds to be together"; but most dangerous of all are her over-earnest justifications as she faced trial by her public. Surely it is the relationship with her young stepdaughters, who she clumsily mentions and should have left well alone, which needs work. Anthea Turner hoped to set the record straight with this autobiography. Instead with Fools Rush In--hugely entertaining for all the wrong reasons--she may have made things worse. There was once a time when it looked like chocolate wouldn't melt in the mouth of TV's golden girl, now it seems a certain Cadburys' snowflake bar--as shown ill-advisedly in a wedding publicity snap--has melted her perfect image. --Eilidh McLean Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Actually it's quite a good read.....Like a lot of the other reviewers listed above, I was never really much of an Anthea fan before her Perfect Housewife series appeared on our screens. After becoming addicted to that programme (and buying her recent How to be a Perfect Housewife book), I too found that I would like to read a little bit more about Ms Turner. I wouldn't say the book was slushy or self indulgent - just honest, and I found it an enlightning and interesting insight into the life and career of a woman who was at one time the golden girl of our TV screens. Anyway, I actually read the book from cover to cover in 24 hours (mind you I was in bed ill!), and really enjoyed it. It would be an excellent book to take on holiday! Rating: - Quite a nice readI've never been much of an Anthea fan, but I did warm to her a little after watching her new series of 'Perfect Housewife' on BBC3 and this prompted me to find out a little more about her as a person. Its quite a good read actually, very sad in places especially when she talks about her sister, and it was interesting to find out her side of the story for things such as the Eamon/Anthea feud and also Flakegate! She has definitely had her ups and downs in life and this made it an interesting read. A good book to take away on holiday in my opinion. Rating: - Bloody Good Book, Bloody Good PersonFools Rush in was my first autobiography i ever bought when i was 13 years of age. Which was 6 years ago. In this book Anthea shares with us her life from a very young age right up to present day. She started her carer on BBC Radio doing the travel report, and then got a contract to present the Saturday show programme UP2U. This was followed by Anthea presenting TOP OF THE POPS, BLUE PETER, NATIONAL LOTTERY, GMTV, WISH YOU WERE HERE and was in many other programmes. The book also contains her life away from the TV. Her life living with Bruno Brooks, marrige to Peter Powell and leaving him for a married man Grant Bovey, who she married in August 2000. Since this book was published she has appeared in Celebrity Big Brother, This Morning, Baby Makers, Celebrity Place In The Sun, I love Christmas and is making a comeback in Feb 2006 with a new programme shown by the BBC. I think its unfare that the public don't want nothing to do with her, She was our golden girl, everyone watched her so you can't now say you don't like her. She is lovely, and she works very hard for charities,like Debra & Chase. Anthea if you read this, thank you for being fantastic and signing your autobiography for me. Rating: - A real page Turner!Anthea has, over the years, come in for a lot of criticism especially in the tabloid press. And, this book when published didn't receive many good reviews. But, I don't think either Anthea or her book have been given a fair go. This book is informative, telling and very readable. Yes, it's about fame and yes it isn't very deep. But that's not the point. It is Anthea's telling of her life so far, warts and all. And it's certainly more interesting than that biography by the footballer's wife! Anthea comes across as a very real person, who suffers up and downs, tragedies and happiness, just like everyone else. She tells us about her early life, her first jobs, the romances and what it's like working on a popular TV programme (Blue Peter, GMTV, The Lottery and Wish You Were Here). If you enjoyed her on any or all of these programmes, put your preconceptions to one side and you'll enjoy this book. You may even learn a thing or two. I did! Thoroughly Recommended. Rating:  - Sorry, Anthea....Yes, it's terrible, and it's shallow...Admittedly, bographies are self-indulgent, by their very nature, but the good ones (Frank Skinner's, for example) contain enough humour and charm to win the reader over. Anyway, rather than waste my time I shall just say that 'Fools Rush In' is rubbish.  Try searching the Internet for "Fools Rush in" or Ebay for "Fools Rush in". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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