HQ to publish The Last Word by Amy Price, mother of model Katie Price

HQ will publish The Last Word by Amy Price, mother of media personality and model Katie Price.  

Lisa Milton, executive publisher, acquired world all-language rights from Charlie Brotherstone of Brotherstone Creative Management. It will publish 6th July 2023.  

The publisher said: “This raw and unflinching memoir was written as Amy battled a terminal illness, and offers a deeply personal and no holds barred account of her daughter Katie Price’s life. A constant presence in the media for over two decades, Katie has courted adoration and vilification in equal measures with one woman constantly by her side: her mother. The Last Word is the definitive account of how Katrina Amy Alexandria Alexis Infield became Katie Price, and documents how her life has been shaped by a tradition of strong women, but also cycles of abuse that have been repeated through generations.” 

Amy Price collaborated on the book with journalist Sharon Hendry, and is donating all of her profits from the sale of the book to the following charities: Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity, as well as St Barnabas House hospice in Worthing. 

Amy Price said: “This book is my opportunity to tell the whole truth about my life, my family, and my eldest daughter Kate. It is also about complex relationships which have impacted her mental health and the dynamics between the media and an ordinary family. Battling terminal illness and fast-approaching death, I wanted to tell the truth about me and my family. I’m also so pleased to be able to support the charities that have supported me through the last five years. The Last Word has given me a chance to set the record straight once and for all, and to give readers a true insight into what it is like to support a family thrust into the limelight. Being so ill, I knew I would need a co-writer and there was only one I trusted implicitly to guide me. Through joyful laughter and sad tears, Sharon Hendry helped me to revisit painful moments in history that I wished to forget but had to face again in order to come to new conclusions. It’s all here. This is me. This is my family. This is the truth.” 

Milton added: “It has been a privilege to work with Amy to bring this phenomenal book to life. The Last Word is a mother’s effort to set the record straight and to reveal the truth about the woman behind the reality TV shows and the tabloid columns. This book is made even more urgent by the terrifying, life-threatening illness that Amy has been fighting during the writing of this book. The result is a powerful, poignant and fearlessly honest reflection on a unique mother-daughter relationship that will be an absolute must-read.”