title: Adele: The Biography (Updated Edition)
author:  Chas Newkey-Burden 
description: Chas Newkey-Burden is a celebrity biographer whose works include Amy Winehouse: The Biography 1983-2011, Justin Bieber: The Unauthorized Biography, Michael Jackson: Legend, Paris Hilton: Life on the Edge, and Stephenie Meyer: Queen of Twilight.
zlib_text: A Hidden Life
  
  Adèle Geras
  
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  First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Orion
  
  This ebook edition published in 2013 by  
  Quercus Editions Ltd  
  55 Baker Street  
  7th Floor, South Block  
  London  
  W1U 8EW
  
  Copyright © 2007 by Adèle Geras
  
  The moral right of Adèle Geras to be identified as the author of this work has
  been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
  photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without
  permission in writing from the publisher.
  
  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
  
  ISBN 978 1 78206 614 9
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations,
  places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are
  used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual perso