I recently finished reading both of the books: 'UGLY' & 'BEYOND UGLY'. I was not aware of all the publicity 2 yrs ago. Having read a few newspaper artiles that were around 2 yrs ago; it appears that Ms Briscoe may have exaggerated some of the abuse for mass media impact eg she showed a Daily Mail journalist court papers of when she took her step father to court when he 'alledgedly' smashed her head through a window. In her book she said she was 13yrs old at that time; but the court papers showed she was actually 17yrs old. I dont think this excuses her abuse; by it makes me wander if she lied about that; what else did she lie about in her book?? She is clearly still a very disturbed woman. I believed she was abused; and she is still very angry towards her family - which I cant blame her for. I think because the books are not very well written; she had to take bad advice (ie exaggerate the abuse) in order to get her book published; and to gain the amount of publicity that it did attract.

N.B.