Ugly

CD Edition

by Constance Briscoe
narrated by Constance Briscoe

Genre: Memoir
Age Group: Adult

Book Reference: DIR1024
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6052 9

Duration: 11h 45m (approx.) on 10 CDs

Publication Date: April 2008

Synopsis

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...

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Marie Claire

“Few such survivor's stories have ended so triumphantly.”

Woman and Home

“Disturbingly honest.”
 
 
 

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