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|date= September 2009
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The closing chapters are divided between her description of another spell in America, the continuing world conflicts and the aftermath of 9/11, and above all her family life and second marriage. She ends with a few general thoughts on the future for the world, and on political life in general, admitting with gentle self-deprecation that she was ''disorganized and lacked a ruthless killer instinct''. Perhaps it was partly these little flaws that made her one of the most genuinely likeable senior politicians of her time.
For further reading on the era, why not also try [[A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr]], or [[When the Lights Went Out : Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett]], or for another volume of political memoirs, [[Prezza: My Story, : Pulling No Punches by John Prescott]].
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