Catch Me Before I Fall

Name: Catch Me Before I Fall
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ISBN: 9780753512203

Rosie Childs

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English

Virgin Books
01 October 2007

Autobiography: general; Child abuse; Coping with personal problems

The True Story of A Childhood Shattered - one little girl's story of how her skin colour made her different

Because she was black, Clare Malone was the talk of her Liverpool council estate. Her mother and her mother's husband were both white and from birth she was stigmatised for this proof of her mother's infidelity. Clare was left in a bare, filthy council house to fend for herself and her siblings until, aged nine, she was placed in the care of an order of strict and often cruel nuns.

She finally embarked on a settled life as a nanny and pre-school teacher, but she couldn't escape from herself and the black cloud of her childhood. After suffering a breakdown, Clare was placed in a series of dehumanising psychiatric hospitals for many years until she was helped to remember the horrifying secret of the childhood she thought she had buried forever. Now, with support, she has rebuilt her life as Rosie Childs and has moved on. She is truly happy at last.

By: Rosie Childs
Imprint: Virgin Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 168g
ISBN: 9780753512203
ISBN 10: 0753512203
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 October 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rosie Childs was born in the Page Moss area of Liverpool in the 1950s and spent time in a children's home, with foster parents and in a series of psychiatric institutions after a breakdown. Today, she has come to terms with her childhood and is confident, positive and truly happy.

Reviews for Catch Me Before I Fall

'A harrowing read' Glamour 'Will shock you to the core, Heartbreaking and inspiring' B Magazine 'That some children survive childhood is a miracle; Rosie Childs's autobiography is testament to that' Mail on Sunday