Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton - Sandra Gregory's Story
by Sandra Gregory, Michael Tierney | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 1904132278 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1904132278 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Tubereader of Lenningen / Lenneng, Kanton Remich Luxembourg on 8/16/2008
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Tubereader from Lenningen / Lenneng, Kanton Remich Luxembourg on Saturday, August 16, 2008
I read this book a very long time ago and found it again when I went back home for my holidays. As it is set in Thailand and I was looking for books to put into the 4th round of soffitta1's Asia bookbox, I took it back with me to London.
I do not very much remember the book, but I remember I was very touched by the story.
From the back cover:
"Sandra Gregory was living a life in Bangkok that many only dream of - until illness, unemployment and political unrest turned it into a nightmare. Desperate to get home, she agreed to smuggle an addict's personal supply of heroin. She didn't even make it onto the plane.
In this remarkably candid memoir, Sandra Gregory tells of the events leading up to her arrest, the horrific conditions in Lard Yao prison, her trial in a language she didn't understand and how it feels to be sentenced to death. Her journey to the UK resumed some four and a half years later when she was transferred to the British prison system, where she had to adapt to a new yet equally harsh regime Following relentless campaigning by her parents, who refused to forget they had a daughter, she was pardoned by the King of Thailand and released in 2000.
Forget you had a daughter is the extraordinary story of a good woman who made a mistake that changed the rest of her life"
I hope one of the next recipients of the box finds this book interesting enough to give it a new home!
I do not very much remember the book, but I remember I was very touched by the story.
From the back cover:
"Sandra Gregory was living a life in Bangkok that many only dream of - until illness, unemployment and political unrest turned it into a nightmare. Desperate to get home, she agreed to smuggle an addict's personal supply of heroin. She didn't even make it onto the plane.
In this remarkably candid memoir, Sandra Gregory tells of the events leading up to her arrest, the horrific conditions in Lard Yao prison, her trial in a language she didn't understand and how it feels to be sentenced to death. Her journey to the UK resumed some four and a half years later when she was transferred to the British prison system, where she had to adapt to a new yet equally harsh regime Following relentless campaigning by her parents, who refused to forget they had a daughter, she was pardoned by the King of Thailand and released in 2000.
Forget you had a daughter is the extraordinary story of a good woman who made a mistake that changed the rest of her life"
I hope one of the next recipients of the box finds this book interesting enough to give it a new home!
Journal Entry 2 by Tubereader at Soffitta1's 2nd U.K. Bookbox (Asia Theme), A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, August 22, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (8/22/2008 UTC) at Soffitta1's 2nd U.K. Bookbox (Asia Theme), A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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This book has been included in the 4th round of soffitta1's Asian bookbox.
Happy reading!
This book has been included in the 4th round of soffitta1's Asian bookbox.
Happy reading!
Arrived in my Asian-themed bookbox.
Kept putting this one back on my shelf as it is really not my normal cup of tea, but eventually picked it up to read and pass on to a friend who knows Thailand well. Glad I did it, it was an interesting look into the lifestyle of some expats over there as well as the Thai and British prisons. Most importantly for me was that she didn't hide from her crime, claiming (as some do) that they were pushed into it.
Given to gitana100.
Kept putting this one back on my shelf as it is really not my normal cup of tea, but eventually picked it up to read and pass on to a friend who knows Thailand well. Glad I did it, it was an interesting look into the lifestyle of some expats over there as well as the Thai and British prisons. Most importantly for me was that she didn't hide from her crime, claiming (as some do) that they were pushed into it.
Given to gitana100.
Journal Entry 4 by Gitana100 at On a train headed for waterloo in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/10/2009 UTC) at On a train headed for waterloo in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey United Kingdom
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Left on the 0719 from Kingston to Waterloo in the front carriage
Left on the 0719 from Kingston to Waterloo in the front carriage
