Beating the Odds - From Shocking Childhood Abuse to Embrace of a Loving Family, One Man

As Paul Connolly struggled to leave behind his painful, humiliating childhood in the notorious St Leonard's children's home, the ghosts of his past would not let go. The paedophiles and sadists had damaged so many kids. Some had died from suicide or heroin. Others, like Paul, had emerged, battered and illiterate, to try to find a place in the world. When a fall from a roof shattered his boxing ambitions, he survived in a brutal underworld of routine violence before eventually building a career as a celebrity fitness trainer, working with the stars of fashion and film. After Against All Odds became a surprise bestseller, everything changed for Paul. He found himself speaking at the House of Lords, and getting involved in projects with abused kids and illiterate adults. But a rare heart infection almost killed him, and the old demons still haunted him. Four years later, Paul has made a new world for himself, centred on his young family and a successful training business that mends broken bodies, builds confidence and changes young lives for the better. His story is a remarkable tale of endurance and survival - vivid, disturbing but ultimately uplifting, as the beaten child who was once told 'you'll never be worth a thing' becomes a man with the heart to love, live and embrace the future.

Info autore

Paul Connolly is the author of the bestselling"Against All Odds."

Riassunto

Four years later, Paul has made a new world for himself, centred on his young family and a successful training business that mends broken bodies, builds confidence and changes young lives for the better.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Connolly, Paul Shircore Connolly
• Editore: Blake publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.07.2014
• EAN: 9781782199830
• ISBN: 978-1-78219-983-0
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Storia, politica; Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Bodybuilding, True Crime, True stories, Autobiography: general, Essex, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Memoirs, Fitness & diet, Sexual abuse & harassment, Advice on parenting, Child abuse