Ugly by Constance Briscoe

Ugly by Constance Briscoe

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.

'Ultimately uplifting story that says so much about the strength and beauty of the human spirit' -- Sunday Telegraph Australia 'Utterly extraordinary ... harrowing, often deeply disturbing, but ultimately inspiring' -- Daily Mail 'Reading the book is like an exercise in bottling up your rage. Afterwards, you feel helpless and disturbed. Which is only right.' -- Standard 20060123 'An astonishing true story of hope over adversity' -- Mail on Sunday 20060122 'Remarkable' -- Good Housekeeping 20060122 'Horrific, but remarkable too. Let us hope that Constance's story will inspire young people everywhere to not only hold onto their dreams and make them happen, but also to be better parents themselves.' -- Lesley Pearse 20060122 'Try UGLY, Constance Briscoe's account of how her mother hated her looks and everything else about her (the author, incidentally, looks rather fetching in her jacket photograph).' -- Sunday Telegraph 20060122 'This is a lawyer's memoir with a difference, an inspiring antidote to the usual catalogue of tedious milestones towards legal eminence ... She's also managed - a rare feat for a lawyer - to write an absorbing book in language untainted by convoluted legal-speak.' -- Marcel Berlins, Guardian 20060122 'UGLY is the life story of Constance Briscoe. Starved, beaten and told she was an "ugly waste of space", this is a heart-rending account of a mother's cruelty from one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK.' -- Elle 20060122 'Compelling ... Disturbingly honest.' -- Woman & Home 20060122 'Candid and unsentimental' -- Financial Times 20060122 'Truly amazing' -- Daily Express 20060122 'Ugly is important' -- Voice 20060122

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.

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ISBN 13	9780340895979
ISBN 10	0340895977
Titel	Ugly
Autor	Constance Briscoe
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Hodder & Stoughton
Erscheinungsjahr	2006-01-16
Seitenanzahl	320
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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