'carole morin has enough autobiography to last her a lifetime,' wrote allan brown in the sunday times, '90 per cent of it comprises "dead glamorous" - or at least the 90 per cent she claims to be true. the rest is obfuscation and exaggeration, designed to give her already improbable tale the sheen of some glorious myth.' morin, in the same interview claims that critics' attempts to identify which part was invention were usually wayward. 'the clues are definitely in the book,' she said, 'but none of the reviewers got it right. they say, how can she expect us to believe "this" bit is true, when i know that it is.'