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Pippa Middleton sky-rocketed to global notoriety in 2011 when her sizable ass-ets nearly upstaged her sister's royal wedding. But beyond that, little is actually known about the woman behind the behind.

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Turns out, that's one of the reasons Pippa wanted to write her new book, Celebrate: A Year Of British Festivities For Families And Friends (excerpts from which You magazine exclusively re-printed).

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"I know many of you will pick up the book out of nothing more than curiosity," she writes. "[But] I can assure you that it feels even stranger to me than it probably does to you to have seen so much written about me when I have done so little to paint a picture of myself. This is my first chance to do that and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it."

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She adds, "It is a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom. One day I might be able to make sense of this. In the meantime I think it's fair to say that it has its upside and its downside. I certainly have opportunities many can only dream of, but in most ways I'm a typical girl in her 20s trying to forge a career and represent herself in what can sometimes seem rather strange circumstances. I am by nature an optimist so I tend to concentrate on the advantages. One of the most attractive has been the chance to publish [this book] Celebrate."

For more on Pippa's book, click here!