Ugly

Constance Briscoe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2006
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-340-89597-9 (ISBN)

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Constance's mother systematically abused her daughter, both physically and emotionally, throughout her childhood. Regularly beaten and starved, the girl was so desperate she took herself off to Social Services and tried to get taken into care. When that failed, she swallowed bleach 'because it kills all known germs and my mother always told me I was a germ'. When Constance was thirteen, her mother simply moved out, leaving her daughter to fend for herself: there was no gas, no electricity and no food. But somehow Constance found the courage to survive her terrible start in life. This is her heartrending - and ultimately triumphant - story.

Constance Briscoe practises as a barrister and in 1996 became a part time judge - one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK. She lives in Clapham with her partner, Tony Aldridge, and two children, Martin and Francesca.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.2.2006
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 31 mm
Gewicht	617 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-340-89597-7 / 0340895977
ISBN-13	978-0-340-89597-9 / 9780340895979
Zustand	Neuware