- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: VISION Paperbacks; New edition edition (12 Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904132278
- ISBN-13: 978-1904132271
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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The A-format edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller in which Sandra Gregory relates her experiences of her time spent in prison in Thailand and Britain after she was caught smuggling heroin. Brutally truthful, this is the unforgettable story of a good woman who made a mistake that changed the rest of her life. A world-wide publication date ensures publicity including a 3 page feature in Marie Claire. The book will be submitted for summer bookstore promotions.
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Sandra Gregory now works with prison reform groups and gives talks in schools to help educate young people about the dangers of drugs and prison life. She has accepted a place at Oxford University. Michael Tierney writes for The Glasgow Herald.
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Every few minutes the evening trains slip in and out of the darkness in Hualumphong Railway Station in Bangkok and I watch them roll on their tracks, bursting with commuters. Read the first page
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first autobiography that i have ever read, and was a bit wary when i chose this one. I thought i knew what 'type' of person smuggled drugs, and was expecting the book to be all excuses on Sandra's part. It was not. Once i started this book i could not put it down. An absolutely amazing story which perfectly represents her honesty, courage and strength. She doesnt makes excuses for her crime, just attempts to explain why she did it. The horrors reported in the Bankok jail are horrendous, and the British system and prison fairs little better when on paper. But such tales are not written in an attempt to make the reader pity Sandra for her crime. Sandra's strength is amazing and comes across perfectly in this book- she doesn't ask the reader to pity her, and never attacks the country in which she was caught. A truly great read that i would recommend to anyone.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book make excellent reading, not least because the author Sandra Gregory, never denies that she did wrong, or that she deserved to be punished for her crimes (drug smuggling). It is interesting to read an account by someone who doesn't believe she was wrongly imprisoned as son many books about prison are about people who the wrter believes shouldn't be there for one reason or another. I believe it takes a huge amount of courage, whatever we have done, to stand up and say "yes I did do that, and yes I was wrong and I regrett it, and I deserve to be punished " How many of us can do that? She eventually received a Royal pardon from the King of Thialand, but she herself says she only asked for a pardon, she never said she deserved one...that was for others to decide. She gives a very straightforward account of prison life both on Thialand and in Britain. Both stretched her to her very limits in different ways and for different reasons. Conditions and overcrowding in the Thai jail were appaling, but as she says at least prisoners were free to wander around the prison. In Britain living conditions were much better, but being locked up for most of the day and lack of uncertainty about how to act or what was happening made her stay in Britains prisons equally difficult. Incidentally this is one of my Kellogs books - hope the other prove to be just as good!
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I thought I knew this story already from press coverage but Forget You Had A Daughter is an astonishing insight into the reality of the life of a girl who made a horrendous mistake but is not a criminal. She committed a criminal act but her biggest crime was stupidity. It is an emotional ride, from the first chapter, when the reader is pulled in and shares her nightmare experience, until the last chapter where she is finally reconciled with her family who fought tooth and nail to see justice done. I found myself crying. This book is not about self pity, Sandra Gregory knows she committed a crime, she knows she deserved punishment but acknowledges the sentence was a little too hard. Gregory does not want pity, she has recounted her painful experience in order that no one else will go through such a harrowing and traumatic journey. Read this book!!
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Excellent Story
I am sure everyone who cares to read Sandra Gregory's story has surely done so by now but I just wanted to add that this is a gripping read from the very first page I just could... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. J. Beaumont
Fantastic read....
Sandra Gregory has written her book that is worthy of a movie,i have read twice and found it to be a frank and sometimes disturbing account of her time in the"Bangkok Hilton". Read more
Published 8 months ago by Judie G
amazing
this book is a must read!
so emotional, words can't describe, you can't stop reading
well written and the account is so easy to relate to
so emotional, words can't describe, you can't stop reading
well written and the account is so easy to relate to
Published 8 months ago by molly7223
Prison Misery
This is a pretty straight forward account of what happened to Sandra when she tried to get through Thai customs with 98 grams of heroin hidden internally. Read more
Published 8 months ago by letterbox
Excellent read
I found Sandra's story absorbing and read it over a few days. I am amazed she kept her sanity through it all. Well worth reading.
Published 9 months ago by J. Fletcher
Fantastic book
Soooooo good, i could not put it down. Sandra's journey will stay with me forever, many lessons learnt!! Read it and you won't put it down.
Published 10 months ago by Amb
Amazing
I couldn't put the book down. I could visualise everything that was written and it sent such a strong message to readers.... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bex
Thoroughly recommend this surprisingly honest book
I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did; as others have commented, I expected it to be full of excuses for her behaviour, but I loved it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by S M
A Very Good Read
I have read this book twice now, once a few years ago and more recently again on my kindle. It is one of those books that pull you into the story and you will find hard to put it... Read more
Published 11 months ago by L. J. L.
Forget you had a daughter doing time in the Bangkok Hilton - Sandra...
This has honestly got to be one of the best books I have read in a long time.
It is beyond belief how these prisons are allowed to stay open. Read more
It is beyond belief how these prisons are allowed to stay open. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Helen Johnson
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