How Not to Be a Political Wife
By (Author) Sarah Vine
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
30th September 2025
19th June 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Memoirs
Politics and government
Reportage, journalism or collected columns
Narrative theme: Politics
Hardback
320
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 23mm
270g
You think youve married a journalist, then, horrors, he becomes a politician.'
How Not To Be a Political wife is an instructive and honest account of high hopes and dirty tricks, a story of broken friendships and divided loyalties, of heartache and regret. Recollections, as a great woman once said, may of course vary, but this is my story, the way I remember it, written with no fear, no favour and no fucks left to give.
Buckle up.
Exceptionally clever. An excellent writer. Insanely fast. And very very brave. In the tumultuous last 18 months Sarah Vine has become the beating heart of the Mail the columnist readers turn to first to make sense of it all and now, for the fourth time in five years,Tabloid Columnist of the Year, the only writer ever to win it so many times. What she provides is a masterclass in writing tabloid columns. The Press Awards 2024, Tabloid Columnist of the Year Award
Witty, rye and incredibly touching a unique insight into the personalities behind the politics. Santa Montefiore
Moving and heartfelt what a journey. Im amazed shes still standing.- Imogen Edwards-Jones
'Sarah Vine is the Bridget jones of politics.' Plum Sykes
Born in Wales in 1967, Sarah moved as a child to Italy, returning to the UK as a teenager. Sarah read Modern Languages at UCL before moving into journalism, starting at the Daily Mirror before joining The Times, where she worked for 15 years. It was there that she met Michael Gove, then Comment Editor, before he became an MP and senior Cabinet minister. They married in 2001 before parting ways in 2021. They remain on friendly terms, and co-parent their two children, Beatrice and William. Sarah now lives in London with the kids and (too many) animals.