Fallen
by Lauren KateThere’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori. Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce
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I handed my school photograph to my mother. She stared from the photograph to me. ‘Lord, sweet Lord how come she so ugly. Ugly. Ugly.’
Constance’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
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Nov 22,2012
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This is one of the saddest book I have ever read.
I actually cried while reading it, hearing how her mother caled Constance 'ugly'.
At the end of the book, it previewed a tiny bit of the second book, and it was quite emotional.
On the cover of the book, it says that it is a TRUE STORY of a loveless childhood.
To be honest that was the thing about the book that grabbed my attention.
I totally recommend this book to everyone who feels they are not fitted into something :))
Nov 19,2012
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constance (claire) has been treated HORRIBLY! just reading the books blurb made me almost cry. reading this book, you just cant help but comparing her life to yours-which makes you realize even MORE how badly shes been treated. im incredibly glad she won the court case
Aug 09,2011
I REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF THIS BOOK. MAINLY BECAUSE I LIKE BOOKS SET IN DIFFERENT COUNTRYS AND DATES.
I AN DENFINTELY GOING TO BORROW THIS BOOK FROM MY PUBLIC LIBRARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 09,2011
'Lord she so ugly! Ugly! Ugly!’
This is what Constance Briscoe was constantly told by her mother for most of her life. Constance was persistently abused both physically and mentally by her mother for her whole childhood. She continually battled with her mother over her fairness and rights throughout her brutal childhood. This abuse eventually sank her level of self-esteem which caused her to, when she was extremely young, swallow a bottle of bleach because bleach is known for killing germs and her mother always called her a germ. When Constance turned 13 years old her mother just left her, she left the house and did not pay for anything in it. This left Constance to try and fend for herself with no electricity, no money and no food. This horrendous but yet amazing true story is about how Constance endured her mother for many years.
I really enjoyed reading this book even though it was an extremely horrible life she went through you learn and realise a lot about how lucky we are today and how good the lives are that we have. This book is not for the faint hearted but is an extremely good read and I really enjoyed it.
