Miranda Hart’s second book is finally finished, three years after the original draft was lost when her laptop was stolen. The book Peggy and Me is all about Miranda’s dog Peggy, a Shih Tzu Bischon Frise cross – or a “Shitty Frise” according to Miranda.
Miranda said: “I am so thrilled to be given the chance to write a second book, and I look forward to introducing Peggy to the world and telling you about the many comic adventures we have found ourselves on as well as sharing the life lessons I have learnt from her. Reflective, life affirming stuff – I’m not talking about how to wash my bum with my tongue or take a pie packet out of a bin and lick it.”
If you are put off by the doggy subject, Miranda may open your mind. For years she didn’t consider herself a dog person, saying she was “bored by the way that only talked about their pooches, alarmed by their light coating of dog hair and troubled by their apparent comfort around excrement.”
Peggy has of course since converted Miranda, “I chat to Peggy like a mad eccentric. I’ve always been old before my time.”
Hannah Black, non-fiction publishing director for Hodder, said: “It’s a joy to be working with Miranda again. After the huge success of her brilliant first book, Is It Just Me? she’s gone on to write a wonderful, revealing new book that will make people laugh and also have a bit of a cry. If only we could all have a Peggy in our lives.”
Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown said: “Peggy is very particular about who she works with, but after a lot of persuasion agreed with Miranda and me that Hodder were the right publishers for a book about which she feels so passionately.”
Peggy and Me will be available on 20th October 2016. You can pre-order here!
