Love Hurts by Jeff Randall
'A few seconds ago, I wanted to die. Now I know the reality is I just don't want to live. I never have from the moment I started falling, twenty-one and a half years ago. I'm alive. Shit.' Jeff Randall originally wrote his memoir by hand, the ink spattering on the page whenever he was writing about something painful and looping beautifully whenever he was recalling happier moments. He wrote it in a matter of weeks and delivered it to his estranged wife in an attempt to explain the demons that had haunted him for so long and that had been responsible for destroying their relationship. Love Hurts is the powerful true story of a boy whose tormented childhood was characterised by violence and isolation. He was raised in a fragmented, chaotic family, in a world where debt and poverty were the norm. From a young age, he yearned to escape but was sucked into an ever-decreasing spiral of bad choices and self-loathing. This brutally honest book charts the life of a boy who just wanted to be loved. And by confronting the nightmare of his childhood and coming to terms with his past, he has learned to love himself.
"Angela's Ashes meets Trainspotting - a gritty, real-life journey through a dysfunctional life that spans poverty, violence, broken relationships and crime" Edinburgh Evening News
Jeff Randall is a contemporary of Irvine Welsh. Like Welsh, he is familiar with the gritty underbelly of Edinburgh life and is a fanatical supporter of Hibs Football Club. It is rare that men like him open their hearts.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781845962982 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845962982 |
| Title | Love Hurts |
| Author | Jeff Randall |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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