A Tale of a Drab and Dowdy Girl... Jonsson Is Leaping Away From the Limelight. Discovers, Her Next Chapter Might Also Raise a Few Eyebrows

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Fans of Ulrika Jonsson might expect her debut novel, The Importance Of Being Myrtle, to be a steamy 'bonkbuster', featuring at least one lurid affair, a string of failed marriages and a handful of celebrity misdemeanours. But then, as Jonsson explains at a hotel near her country home, she didn't want her first book to be an extension of her own life and indeed, it isn't.

"People would be expecting me to write about the world of television or showbiz with lots of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. That would be too predictable.

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A Tale of a Drab and Dowdy Girl... Jonsson Is Leaping Away From the Limelight. Discovers, Her Next Chapter Might Also Raise a Few Eyebrows

I wanted to stretch myself."

Today, looking painfully thin, which she puts down to her depression due to a four-year battle with a chronic, agonising back condition, Jonsson insists she's close to the weight she's supposed to be.

"There was talk about whether I had anorexia...

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