Melanie Verwoerd’s Controversial Book Claims Top Spot

Melanie Verwoerd is no doubt celebrating the success of her book considering that it took so long getting it into the shops.

Last month a court ruling meant that the sale of the controversial memoir entitled When We Dance was postponed for two weeks.

A High Court ruling postponed the selling of the book for a fortnight.

However the delay doesn’t seem to have affected its sales as it has stormed to the top of the paperback non-fiction chart, beating Cheryl Cole’s autobiography, and is also sitting within the top five of the overall book chart which covers both non-fiction and fiction.

Melanie recently told the Irish Daily Mirror that she was happy about how well it is doing: “I think it shows that ordinary men and women in Ireland will make up their own minds once they’re read the book.”

She added:  “I never expected that it was going to sell this well. I didn’t expect it at all.”

The autobiography reveals details about Melanie's relationship with the late Gerry Ryan and thus has caused a bit of a stir.

Gerry and Melanie had a romantic relationship before his death in 2010.