Ugly - Constance Briscoe

Over the last few years there has been a growing trend for 'misery-lit' titles - books which are memoirs of abuse, betrayal, real life misery and generally less than fortunate upbringing. They are extremely upsetting to read but they hold a strange kind of curiosity and fascination. I personally find that these books help me to put a lot of things into perspective, making me realise just how lucky I have been throughout my life so far and how much I appreciate everything I have got - particularly my family. One such book is 'Ugly' by Constance Briscoe who is a barrister and part-time judge. Successful and currently living in a £1 million London home, she ...

Introduction ========== My Manager had bought this book and had leant it to her sister (who also works with me) and once she had finished it the Manager could not be bothered to walk home with it so leant it to me. I only decided to read the book because I had read other people's review on the book sometime ago and thought it would be in an interesting read. The Story ======== This story is an autobiography about a young girl called Clare who has a very hard childhood due to her mother. Her mother abuses her both mentally and physically. Clare is not an only child though she has a number of brothers and sisters, ...

The oxford dictionary defines the word UGLY as unpleasant to look at-unattractive, so I guess at some point in all our lives we have all been guilty of calling something or somebody ugly. For all the mothers out there who may read this, could you or would you ever call your child ugly? No? somehow i didn't think you would This review is about a book i have just read and it moved me so much i actually cried whilst reading it. The title of the book is "UGLY" and is written by a truly remarkable lady called Constance Briscoe and it is the true story about her loveless childhood at the hands of her mother Carmen Briscoe, who in my ...