If you ve ever wondered what it s like to shop with special branch, overcome stomach-churning nerves at your first major charity event or cope with a bad hair day when Carla Bruni s in town, it s all here in Sarah Brown s personal memoir of life at number 10. Sarah also discusses the challenges of giving up a successful career and forging a new role as an international charity campaigner, of being a devoted mother balancing school plays and state visits, and of being married to a man who becomes prime minister. Intimate, reflective, surprising and funny, Behind the Black Door takes us behind the scenes to reveal what it s like to be an ordinary woman, wife and mother in somewhat exceptional circumstances.