Anne Robinson's weak link is certainly not her Irish link. In her new book, "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother," the sharp-tongued, bespectacled TV game show host writes at length about her Irish roots. Robinson's family, the ex-journalist writes, "was part of the mass exodus from Ireland. Peasants who came to Liverpool (England) during the famine of the mid-eighteen hundreds." They were humble, yet driven to succeed. "Quite how a family of Irish peasants developed such grandness and appetite for all things luxurious plus, admirably, an appetite to make money that provided for high living, heaven knows." Robinson's sarcastic Brit (or is it Irish?) sensibility dominates "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother." Ultimately, the book is a provocative read, certainly by celebrity bio standards. Prior to donning her trademark scowl for "The Weakest Link," Robinson was a pioneering British journalist, who even covered the Northern Ireland Troubles as they broke out in the late 1960s. Ultimately, "Memoirs" becomes an eye-opening journey through the elite U.K. journalism world of the not-so-distant past, which was rife with sexism. Things get more personal, and painful, when Robinson explores her battle with alcoholism, and her legal fight for custody of her daughter.

($22 / 325 pages / Pocket Books)