Ugly

by Constance Briscoe | Other | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0340895985 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Fleebo on 6/12/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by Fleebo on Monday, June 12, 2006
A friend gave me this book to find it a home. Traumatic memoirs are my very least favourite genre after true crime, so I will be releasing it immediately without reading it.

"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."

Released 17 yrs ago (6/13/2006 UTC) at Madison Hotel, Cnr Devonshire and Chalmers Sts in Surry Hills, New South Wales Australia

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Up in the Hippo Lounge, at the June meetup of Sydney bookcrossers.

Journal Entry 3 by Emerald55 from Ryde, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Grabbed this right away at the Sydney BC meetup as I've been longing to read it, and started it on the train home! I plan to release as soon as I'm done - thanks very much for bringing it.

Journal Entry 4 by Emerald55 at Blue Rose Cafe, George St in Liverpool, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, June 15, 2006

Released 17 yrs ago (6/15/2006 UTC) at Blue Rose Cafe, George St in Liverpool, New South Wales Australia

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A very hard read, but worthy and reminiscent of Dave Pelzer's "A Child Called It" Trilogy. Very missing an epilogue - I feel the reader deserves to know more about her present after reading about her tragic past.

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