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A heartbreaking true story of four sisters who witnessed their mother enter prostitution and their father commit murder
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'This morning I found this bag. I had been looking for sweets. I put my hand in the bag and felt a sticky liquid on my fingers, then I looked at it. A red smear. Then I looked in the bag: bloody knives and clothes. It didn't feel good. What did it mean? I don't know. There are no answers; I daren't ask the questions'
Growing up in poverty in London's East End, Kathy was eight years old when her father forced her mother into prostitution. When their mother fled, leaving Kathy and her sisters behind, the girls stuck fiercely together while being passed from children's homes to boarding schools. Then, on a rare trip home, Kathy looked out the window to see a man firing four shots into a Rolls-Royce. It took several seconds for her to realise the victim was her mother's lover, and the gunman was her father.
Kathy began her haunting memoir when, as an adult, she travelled back to London, to find out who her gangster father really was. A compelling memoir of an extraordinary childhood, Dance for your Daddy is a true story of the effects on one family of poverty and affluence, violence and love.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I started to read this book and had finished it in a day. Once I'd started the book, I could not put it down.
Its a hauntingly, poignant, true story of four sisters being brought up in the East end of London in poverty and violence.
I dont want to give too much of the story away, but I found it heartbreaking at times, though the author managed to interpose some humour into the tale.
There is nothing more cruel or damaging to a child than being rejected by a parent, yet these poor girls suffered rejection from both parents.
It was not untill later in the authors life, when she travelled back to London, to try and make sense of things - concerning her father and the murder he'd committed, that she seemed to get her life into perspective.
Katherine writes beautifully, she told the story through the eyes of the child that she was then. She's later gone on to be a successful jounalist and is now a mother herself.
She has overcome her heartbreak of her childhood and has broken the cycle.
I would bet my bottom dollar that she's a wonderful mum!
Well done to you Katherine for a wonderful story, beautifully written, I hope you have finally found peace of mind, you deserve happiness and I wish you well.
I definately recommend this book to all readers - buy it and judge for youselves, you wont be dissapointed.
I wish you a happy life Katherine, your sisters must be so proud of you.
Marilyn Hardy (author of Worthless) UK.
Its a hauntingly, poignant, true story of four sisters being brought up in the East end of London in poverty and violence.
I dont want to give too much of the story away, but I found it heartbreaking at times, though the author managed to interpose some humour into the tale.
There is nothing more cruel or damaging to a child than being rejected by a parent, yet these poor girls suffered rejection from both parents.
It was not untill later in the authors life, when she travelled back to London, to try and make sense of things - concerning her father and the murder he'd committed, that she seemed to get her life into perspective.
Katherine writes beautifully, she told the story through the eyes of the child that she was then. She's later gone on to be a successful jounalist and is now a mother herself.
She has overcome her heartbreak of her childhood and has broken the cycle.
I would bet my bottom dollar that she's a wonderful mum!
Well done to you Katherine for a wonderful story, beautifully written, I hope you have finally found peace of mind, you deserve happiness and I wish you well.
I definately recommend this book to all readers - buy it and judge for youselves, you wont be dissapointed.
I wish you a happy life Katherine, your sisters must be so proud of you.
Marilyn Hardy (author of Worthless) UK.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
his was a really gripping story, i read a lot of true life books, it was a good read if you like this kind of thing, but very disturbing as a lot of nights it kept me awake instead of putting me to sleep. So not for the easily disturbed person.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read Dance for your Daddy and thought this was a very remarkable book. The story relates to four sisters living in the East End of London in the late 1960's. They were brought up in a tumultuous family environment with a violent father and a mother that was forced into prostitution. The children moved from several children's homes and boarding schools. The children had no contact with the father after being imprisoned. The children bonded well together despite the upheaval childhood. Katherine is an inspiration and I would certainly recommend this book to read.
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Be prepared to cry your heart out when you read it.
I love this book
Be prepared to cry your heart out when you read it.
Published on 8 April 2010 by Ms Woods
Dance For Your Daddy
This book started of slow and i didnt think I would get into it but was worth persevering with.
Published on 23 Aug 2009 by Ms. L. Lowe
sad
an honest portayal of a young girl growing up in the toughest life of poverty so so sad bless her
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Published on 12 Aug 2009 by Elizabeth Hislop mcglynn
good read
we all know life as its little ups and downs but untill you read this story you dont know how bad it can get no child should go through this thank god you had the strength to come... Read more
Published on 20 July 2009 by Mrs. B. HARMAN
Disappointing
I found this book so disappointment. So much so I can't even remember what it was about, I just know I've read it. Would not recommend it at all - sorry.
Published on 4 Mar 2009 by Sheila Camp
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I read this book purely because the author is my sister.
A sad, moving, inspiring and often mischievous tale of wonder and woe. Read more
A sad, moving, inspiring and often mischievous tale of wonder and woe. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2007 by Lucy Summers
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