When a tabloid reporter doorsteps her husband with his mistress, the resulting fracas sees her arrested and spending a night in a prison cell. Shocked, humiliated and facing the reality of divorce proceedings, she battles to hold herself together as her world falls apart.

Chronicling every detail in her diary, her observations on life, relationships, and the newspaper industry make raw but also highly entertaining reading, reminiscent of Bridget Jones.

The story is apparently true, having first appeared as a blog, and the author was ‘outed’ some time ago. The highly personal content, with its angst and venom, does sometimes make rather uncomfortable reading but it is a real and compelling account of an experience which is all too familiar, and a fascinating insight on an industry struggling to retain its integrity.