The actress and writer will include reflections on her life before fame. The book will tell the story of the This Country star “growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire” and the “myriad of low-paid, unrewarding jobs” she worked, according to a statement. Cooper said: “When things were really bad, mum would always say to me, ‘Don’t worry, it will be a good read for your memoir one day’. “Well, it seems that one day is today. I have lived the most humiliating, ridiculous, screw-up of a s***-storm life and it has been an utter joy digging up all that s*** and putting it down on paper.