Spice Girls: The Story of the World’s Greatest Girl Band

Sophie’s Kiss (with Garth Gibbs)

Stone Me! (with Dale Lawrence)

Dedication (#u3a2945c0-daf4-5094-ad60-1cc2bd51156e)

To Megan

Contents

1  Cover (#ud330fb7a-9265-557c-b52e-0963930b6fe5)

2  Title Page

3  Copyright

4  Note to Readers

5  Also by Sean Smith

6  Dedication

7  Contents (#u3a2945c0-daf4-5094-ad60-1cc2bd51156e)

8  PART ONE: THE WANNABES

9  1 Irrepressible

10  2 Casting the Net

11  3 Mein Herr

12  4 In Search of the Magical Key

13  5 Melanie Chisholm Superstar

14  6 A Model Girl

15  PART TWO: HERE COME THE SPICE GIRLS

16  7 The Student House

17  8 Making It Happen

18  9 The Big Fight

19  10 Hang On to Your Knickers

20  11 The Power of Girls

21  12 The Genius of Geri

22  13 Spice All Over the World

23  14 A Schedule Not a Life

24  15 Stop Right Now

25  PART THREE: SPICE WOMEN

26  16 Nightmares and Fairytales

27  17 Dark Clouds

28  18 Baby Love

29  19 Look at Me

30  20 Reasonable Doubt

31  21 The Return of the Spice Girls

32  22 Olympic Gold

33  23 Spice World Again

34  Last Thoughts

35  Spice Stars

36  Acknowledgements

37  Select Bibliography

38  List of Searchable Terms

39  Picture Section

40  About the Publisher

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PART ONE

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Irrepressible (#litres_trial_promo)