But after championing the "big is beautiful" cause, Sophie Dahl has now undergone a dramatic transformation - shrinking from a size 16 to a 10. Friends say the 23-year-old British supermodel lost ...

Though the heroine of Dahl’s story is named Sophie, the book is dedicated to his eldest child, Olivia. She died in 1962 of measles encephalitis, at age 7, and is buried in the churchyard.

Indeed, turn back the clock 20 years and Tessa could be Sophie, or vice versa. But they share more than just genes. Tessa Dahl, now in her mid-40s, was the original Seventies wild child and was ...