Blog Tour - Headshot by Victoria Nixon

Today I am pleased to open the blog tour for Victoria Nixon's memoir, Head Shot.

A girl from a Yorkshire mining town is barely thirteen when her father kills himself – her brother finds him dying. At sixteen she’s spotted by a rock star and becomes an international Vogue model. Seven years later her brother kills himself in her New York apartment and her mother dies too. With no family left, her life is now one of extreme choices.

Fifty years later, Victoria confronts her past and takes her readers on an unflinching voyage through her experiences as a model and beyond. Speaking frankly about loss, love, friendship and ambition, Head Shot is a book of inspiration and purpose.

Packed with astonishing images by the photographers Victoria worked with, and the defiant fashions she wore throughout her career, it also bears witness to a time of unparalleled cultural energy and invention; it’s a story in which bags and shoes can, and do, sit right next to life and death.

Wow, Head Shot, is a no holes bared personal account of the life of a model which started with a chance meeting with a rock star.

Head Shot is an honest and frank memoir, where the reader is able to track the highs and extreme lows of Victoria Nixon's life. It also tracks fashions and trends through the photographs included.

The reader will follow Victoria through her life, one which includes the death of her mother and brother, which make her stronger and determined to succeed.

This is a hard hitting, honest and frank memoir which is a must read for any wannabe model or for fashionista's who grew up in the 60s and 70s and remembers Victoria Nixon gracing the cover of magazines and catwalks.

Thank you to the publishers, Unbound and to Random Things Blog Tours, for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and for a copy of the book in return for an honest review.