Böcker av Andrea Clarke

In an age of emails, tweets and emojis, this beautiful selection of original love letters invites us into a privileged realm and reminds us why the written word is so expressive and revealing.

This life story proves that even the most stable and loving family who never abused, mistreated or deprived their children in any way, are just as capable of producing a delinquent child who causes them nothing but pain as any so called "socially disadvantaged family". It's not always down to the environment we grow up in; some of us are simply born this way. ¿Age 11 - started bunking off school & smoking ¿Age 12 - began to steal money from my parents and smoking regularly ¿Age 13 - started drinking spirits with my friends regularly ¿Age 14 - tried cannabis for the first time, it didn't take long until I was using it fairly frequently, also began to stay out all night as I was dating a man 5 years older than me (Ian) ¿Age 15 - lost my virginity, was staying out up to 20 nights a month by this time, and left home with the support of Social Service just a few weeks before my 16th birthday And this is only the first few years...