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Fantastic, well worth reading.. Absolutely fantastic, I couldnt put this book down once I started reading it. I am amazed by so much life experience and cant beleive one person has been through all this. I cant recommend it highly enough and will pass it onto whoever I can. Clarissa I take my hat off to you and admire you thoroughly.
Fantastic Book What a fantastic book - brutally honest with the impression that nothing is held back I admire Clarissa for her strength in eventually facing her problems. She has a lust for life and a great sense of fun as well that makes you wonder what she could of achieved if alcohol hadnt entered her life for so long. An inspiring and interesting read I recommend this book whole heartly!
A vivid and entertaining memoir I decided to read this because I enjoyed The Two Fat Ladies so much and my parents once attended medical lectures given by CDW's surgeon father who was well-known as a difficult character. These memoirs are vivid and moving. The chapters which describe her early years, her eccentric family and relationship with her father are the best ones. I found her descriptions of what it is like to be an alcoholic enlightening and certainly gave me an insight into alcohol addiction. The anecdoctal style is both a... more info
This was utter rubbish I quite liked Clarissa Dickson Wright before I read this but I have no time for her now. Her comment that she found it unreasonable that friends wouldn't accept her generosity and as a result she had to stay and eat in places which were much below her usual standards really wound me up. Welcome to the real world. Not all of us have access to an inheritance we can drink away. Not all of us have friends who will put us up for weeks/months at a time. Most of us have to work hard to pay for a roof over our... more info
