Constance Briscoe Livres

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.

She was found at the crime scene, covered in blood with the murder weapon in her hand and no memory of how she got there.... But both girls are ex-cons and former prostitutes and she will have to go to extra-ordinary lengths to prove Elizabeth innocent....

"It was Constance's mother who told her she was ugly. Over and over again. And that was just one strand of a childhood blighted by physical and emotional abuse. But the young girl had a strength and resilience beyond her years. She put herself through university, financing her studies with several jobs - including one caring for the terminally ill in a hospice - and then fulfilled a lifelong ambition by joining a prestigious set of legal chambers. But Constance's troubles were not over."--BOOK JACKET.

Więcej niż brzydka jest kontynuacją autobiograficznej książki Constance Briscoe. W pierwszej części autorka opisuje swoje traumatyczne dzieciństwo, gdy była zaniedbywana, upokarzana i maltretowana przez matkę i ojczyma. Poznajemy jej drogę do wyzwolenia się spod ich władzy, pierwsze doświadczenia w obcowaniu z wymiarem sprawiedliwości i narodziny marzenia, by zostać prawnikiem. Perypetie dziewczynki budzą w czytelniku zarazem wsp�łczucie oraz podziw dla jej heroicznej walki o ludzką godność. W Więcej niż brzydka bohaterka mierzy się z demonami przeszłości, by spełnić swoje marzenia o spokojnym i szczęśliwym życiu.