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In a report from Manchester Online, previewing the Channel 4 televisation of The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson, screened last night (New Year's Eve), we learn that it was Ann Widdecombe's least favourite read while judging the Whitbread Award.
'Tory MP Ann Widdecombe showed just why she is not a bestselling children's writer when asked to choose her least favourite book. "I had to read this while judging the Whitbread prize.
"It is a children's book about a drunken mother and her two children by different fathers. I thought these themes should not be promoted for children and I disliked it intensely on those grounds." ... ...'
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