Blake buys memoir from Benidorm star

Written By: Charlotte Williams John Blake has acquired world rights in the "candid, harrowing and often hilarious" autobiography of "Benidorm" actress Crissy Rock. Editor-in-chief Michelle Signore bought the rights through Ken Douglas at MCLA, with John Blake to publish on 12th March. This Heart Within Me Burns will be released as a £14.99 hardback. The book will trace Rock's story from her upbringing in Liverpool, when she suffered physical and sexual abuse from her grandfather, and her marriage and pregnancy to a violent husband at 16. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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