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"Harrowing but life-enhancing"
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What a life for one person to have to endure! I'm so glad that Janey Godley managed to find the humour to get her through and take her life in the direction it did rather than just becoming another "victim of childhood abuse".
I have attended a couple of Janey's stand up shows and have thoroughly enjoyed her great sense of humour and the ability to tell her story with a smile on her face.
Great read but heartbreaking at times.
Well done Janey!
I have attended a couple of Janey's stand up shows and have thoroughly enjoyed her great sense of humour and the ability to tell her story with a smile on her face.
Great read but heartbreaking at times.
Well done Janey!
15 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was stunned by this book,it's not just a book about an abused child, in fact it is so much more. I laughed and cried and could not stop turning the pages constantly I sat up all night to read it through. She is a funny woman in real life as I have saw her comedy shows in london, but to know her so much more is just fantastic. I loved the book. The stories about the guns and gangsters are just so real and gripping it made me surprised about her life, she doesn't seem like a gangster's moll at all when you meet her.
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Wonderful read; I actually couldn't put it down. Having seen Janey's brilliant comedy act I was curious to read about her background so purchased this not really knowing what to expect. She gives a frank and intimate account of her experience of growing up in Glasgow and yes, at times it was hard to read but, being from this neck of the woods myself I found it especially interesting and true to life. The negative reviews on here accusing her of 'fantasizing' I find incredulous. This only serves to demonstrate the reasons why so many find it hard to come out about publically about abuse. Not being believed is something that stops children and young adults telling someone - I applaud anyone that can share difficult experiences like this. Entertaining, inciteful and poignant. I loved it
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superb book
This book was bought for my mother-in-law for her birthday & she loved it so much that she has not been able to put it down. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mandy.N
Unanswered questions
I recently read this book and found it very confusing and leaves a lot of unanswered questions. What happened to her mums murderer? Did they get the pub back? Read more
Published 3 months ago by Angel
Incredulous
I sympathize with any abused child and this is probably why as a teen a nd adult the author comes across as a fNtasist. The mother I couldn't sympathize with at all. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2009 by Elaine Porter
A well presented memoir but a little confusing!
This book is about Janeys life up until the early 90's i think, i found it difficult to keep track of the years and i was never sure if it was still in the 80's or it had jumped... Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by mskittenheels
Poorly written with no purpose to it
This a quite remarkably badly written book. The subject matter is certainly there (abused as a child, marries into a gangster family, runs a pub in a dodgy area of Glasgow), yet... Read more
Published on 27 April 2008 by whatlep
Somewhat Lacking
This book started well, there was a story to be told here. I could feel myself pittying this poor child in this disfuctional family but as the book moved on and her life moved on... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2007 by Ken Woodmixer
amazing read
Beautifully written and entertaining. What a hard life Janey Godley has had! Sometimes this book was very hard to read, very upsetting and disturbing. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2006 by J. WALKER
Handstands in the Dark
This book is amazing! It was not what I expected but a million times better, I honestly could not put this book down, I was reading it at work when I was supposed to be working and... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2006 by Miss R Akroyd
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