Myerson's autobiographical book rush-released to capitalise on controversy
• Alison Flood writing in The Guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 March 2009

Julie Myerson. Photograph: Rex Features

Julie Myerson's controversial book, The Lost Child, is being rushed out two months early by its publisher in order to cash in on the publicity caused by the outrage over its contents.

The work, which her publisher, Bloomsbury, had originally intended to bring out in May, deals with Myerson's decision to lock her 17-year-old son Jake out of the family home over his use of skunk cannabis. After details of the book emerged last week, Jake described his mother as "insane" and "obscene", while commentators slammed Myerson for what Minette Marrin in the Sunday Times called her "betrayal not just of love and intimacy, but also of motherhood itself".

Bloomsbury has now announced that it will publish the book – subtitled "A True Story" – within a few days. "Given this week's extensive speculation about Julie Myerson's The Lost Child, we felt that it was right to bring forward publication to allow everyone the opportunity to read her brilliant book and consider the complicated questions it raises," it said in a statement. "We are pleased to say that we are making the book available within a few days."

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