Jane Birkin - actor, singer, songwriter and model - attained international fame with her decade-long musical and personal relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, which featured their internationally controversial hit song 'Je t'aime.moi no plus'. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Her book not only re-creates the flamboyant era of Swinging London and Saint-Germain-des-Pres in the 1970s, it also lets us into the everyday life of an exceptional woman. ' We thought we knew nearly everything about Jane Birkin. On principle, I haven't changed anything, and believe me, looking back, I would have preferred to have wiser reactions than I did. Newspapers are obviously unfair, giving different versions of everything, but here, there is only my version. As I re-read my journals, it seems obvious to me that we don't change. My monkey, protecting him in the after-life. Before my children arrived wreaking havoc on my life, I left Munkey in Serge's arms, in the casket where he lay, like a pharaoh. He has slept by my side, shared my life with John, Serge, Jacques, and been witness to every joy and sadness. Throughout these years Jane has been keeping a diary: 'I've been keeping a journal since I was eleven, writing it to my confidante, the stuffed monkey won in a tombola: Munkey. She has also enjoyed a notable career as an actress in British and French cinema, including Blow-Up, Death on the Nile and Evil Under the Sun.

Munkey Diaries by Jane Birkin