Topic: fascinating. Reviews: above-average to superb.
Its US publication date is April 17, 2007, though, so it's either fresh on the shelves or not quite there yet. Anyone hoping for a library copy may have to wait a month or so.
It was originally published in the UK in 2006 under the title Daughter to the Desert.
Howell is a journalist first and a biographer second, but has done biography before: Diana: Her Life in Fashion. Her book-length publications in the US tend toward fashion history generally. Note to the boys: this doesn't mean she's shallow or inept.