---Why I bought this book--- I think this was a book I bought from the charity booklist at my old workplace - books for 25p. I will now be adding it to my own charity's booklist where I'll sell it for 50p - we're all winners! I went through a phase a few years back when I read lots of 'sob story' autobiographies. I realise it's possibly a bit offensive referring to people's personal tragedies in this way. However, I feel that after Dave Pelzer's book "A child called It" (which I would highly recommend) everyone seemed to jump on the bandwagon...and I was taken in with these compelling memoirs which served to make me feel better about my own life ...  Read the complete review