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100	1		_aBriscoe, Constance, _d1957-
245	1	0	_aUgly / _cConstance Briscoe.
260			_aLondon : _bHodder & Stoughton, _c2006.
300			_a310 p. ; _c24 cm.
520			_aConstance'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.
600	1	0	_aBriscoe, Constance, _d1957-
650		0	_aAbused children _vBiography.
650		0	_aAbandoned children _vBiography.
650		0	_aAbused children _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aAbandoned children _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aFamily violence _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aChildren and violence _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650			_aAbused children--England--Fiction
650			_aAbandoned children
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