Overview

• Sturgeon depicts her June 2023 arrest under Police Scotland’s Operation Branchform as “the worst day” of her life and likens the ensuing two-year investigation to “mental torture.”
• She writes of an overwhelming sense of relief upon being told on March 20, 2025, that she would face no further action in the finance probe.
• The memoir recounts a miscarriage in 2010 that she endured while continuing official duties, describing days spent in “constant agony.”
• Sturgeon denies rumours of a “torrid lesbian affair” with former French ambassador Catherine Colonna and says she has never viewed her sexuality as binary.
• She accuses Alex Salmond of potentially leaking details of his 2018 sexual misconduct inquiry to control the narrative, a claim that has drawn fierce criticism from his allies.