Cherie Booth is Britain's most famous wife and mother, a top lawyer and daughter of the once very famous, and more recently very notorious, actor Tony Booth. Hundreds of stories have been written about her, and thousands of pictures printed; she rarely speaks in public, and seems content to let her public persona remain the smiling partner of the Prime Minister. But who really is she, this talented and high-achieving woman who jealously guards her family's privacy? Through careful research and conversations with Cherie's family, friends and colleagues, Linda McDougall unlocks the mystery of the silent woman at the Prime Minister's side.