Briscoe's memoir of a childhood in 1960s–70s London marked by her mother's cruelty and the constant verdict that she was "ugly," and of the education that carried her out of it. She went on to qualify as a barrister and became one of the first Black women judges in the United Kingdom. The book became a bestseller for its unflinching account of surviving abuse, neglect, and racism. (Note: this is not Mary Monroe's novel God Don't Like Ugly, which appears in the local research files as a separate record.)
Author: Constance Briscoe · Original publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (London), 2006