, entitled Learning to Fly[15] (the title was taken from a line in a song from the musical Fame, which Victoria adored as a child). The book was the 3rd best selling non-fiction title of 2001 (total UK sales stand at more than 500,000 copies), and has been translated into several languages[citation needed].
Victoria is widely believed to have told a Spanish journalist in 2005 that "I've never read a book in my life". [8]Although often used to criticise and ridicule Victoria, this 'quote' was actually a mistranslation from the original Spanish in which the interview was printed - she actually stated she never had time to finish reading a book because she was always running around after her children. [9]
Her second book, a non-fiction fashion book titled That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything In Between,[16] was published on October 30, 2006. It was co-written by Hadley Freeman, deputy fashion editor of the Guardian and a contributing editor of Vogue and includes photography by Mario Testino, Annie Leibovitz and Steven Meisel.
