Zara H. Phillips seemed to live a charmed life - backing singer to the stars with an incredible career here and across the Atlantic - but her smile masked a difficult childhood and the reality that she was adopted as a baby in the 60s. Her life soon spiralled and as a teenager she suffered from drug and alcohol addiction, as she struggled to find her birth parents and her true identity.

Somebody's Daughter is a fascinating and revealing account of how a beautiful woman's life has been dominated by her adoption and how it has affected her and those around her. Hard-hitting and emotional, Zara's memoir explores the needs of adopted children, with her characteristic warmth and wit, and the true journey it takes to find where you belong.

A hard-hitting and witty memoir about an adopted woman's lifelong quest to find her birth parents - and her identity.

About the Author

Zara Phillips began her professional career working as a backing vocalist for Sir Bob Geldof when he recruited her for his first solo projects after he departed the chart-topping UK band The Boomtown Rats. Zara's musical career quickly blossomed from that point, as she continued her work on tour, in television and videos with UK artists such as Matt Bianco, Nick Kamen, David Essex, Bananarama and the solo project from Dire Straits' John Illsley.

Born and raised in London, Zara loved to sing and dance from a young age and enjoyed spending hours in her room writing all the lyrics to musicals and performing each part. Zara moved to Los Angeles in 1996 where she continued writing new songs and performing solo. In 2005 Zara finished work on a new CD entitled 'When the Rain Stops' produced by Grammy award winner Ted Perlman.

In 2008, Zara finisheddirecting and producing an adoption documentary entitled 'ROOTS: UNKNOWN', which focussed on the emotional influence adoption has on the adoptee and their families. The film won Best Homegrown Documentary at The Garden State Film festival in New Jersey. This led to her writing her first book, 'Mother Me' published by BAAF (British Association for Adoption and Fostering) in March 2008.

In 2009 Zara co-wrote a song and made a video with Darryl McDaniels from RUNDMC called 'I'm Legit' to raise awareness on the emotional impact of adoption and the importance of birth records (which are closed in many States in the USA.) The video has been used to help educate congressmen and the general public on theissue.

In 2013, Zara debuted her one woman show, 'Beneath My Father's Sky', centred around her relationship with her adoptive father, and it won the award for Best Direction in the United Solo Festival in New York. The show has since been performed in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Jersey, and in 2016 it was performed at 'Upstairs at The Gatehouse' in London. Zara writes articles for various adoption magazines, regularly talks and facilitates workshops and events related to adoption issues, and still performs her music at clubs in NYC and New Jersey.

www.zaraphillips.net

Book Information
ISBN 9781786065667
Author Zara Phillips
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint John Blake Publishing Ltd
Publisher John Blake Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 18mm