But while she had nothing but self-deprecating remarks to say about her talent with a pen (or, err, Blackberry), the author does have some interesting thoughts on the response of American women to a fantasy of submission.

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"If you had told me as a young boy I would have played for and won trophies with my boyhood club Manchester United, proudly captained and played for my country over one hundred times and lined up for some of the biggest clubs in the world, I would have told you it was a fantasy, " said Beckham.

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