SOMETHING ABOUT MARY

from girl about town to Crown Princess

by EMMA TOM

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Softcover book in excellent 'as new' condition. 210 pages, published in Australia in 2005.

From Mary Donaldson to the Crown Princess of Denmark!

How is it that Mary Donaldson got so lucky? What is it about her that turned the Crown Prince of a foreign land into a lovesick puppy? And how did she manage a remarkable and seamless transformation into one of the world's most photographed and glamorous women - without spin-outs or skeletons emerging from the closet?

Something About Mary is for everyone who's read between the lines and knows there has to be more to the fairy story than they've heard so far. Will the pressures of the gilded cage become too much? Will Mary's remarkable composure begin to crack? And just what sort of family has she married into anyway?

A witty and intelligent look at Mary Donaldson's transformation from knockabout Aussie girl-about-town to the Crown Princess of Denmark, this book includes a detailed account of Mary's life story as well as a discussion of the broader issues, such as why, in this day and age, Cinderella stories are still so captivating.

Millions of words have now been written about Mary - yet award winning journalist and columnist Emma Tom manages to come up with new and fresh information and a new twist on the "fairy tale" story.

This book is also for royal watchers who want the real story of how a beer-drinking girl reinvented herself as European royalty.

About the author

Emma Tom has written for a number of Australian and overseas publications includingThe Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun Herald, Marie Claire, Max, Cosmopolitan, Australian Women's Forum, Penthouse, and Lesbians on the Loose. She currently writes a column for The Australian. Emma appears regularly on TV and radio and has also written Deadset, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Asia and the South Pacific for Best First Novel, Evidence and Babewatch

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Something about Mary: from girl about town to Crown Princess of Denmark by Emma Tom