Here, author Tara Arkle, 56, in her own words, spills the beans on what it was like really having the legendary Joan Collins as a mum, and shares the lessons she's learned in life. Resilience and hard work are crucial. Mum taught me that.
Success wasn’t handed to her on a plate. Regardless of the ups and downs in life, she carried on. Her success in Dynasty came very late in life.
Growing up, I saw her having all these mediocre jobs. She sent me a Polaroid of her on set in a swamp, being eaten by some terrible papier-mâché ants.
At the bottom she wrote, ‘This is what your mother is doing to put food on the table.’ She was a working mum. We didn’t live in a 1950s paradise where one income was enough.
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