Unbeaten: The Story of My Brutal Childhood - Kim Woodburn

Kim Woodburn is best known these days as being the tall bossy one of the pair of ladies on the TV show "How Clean is Your House?" I really enjoy watching this programme (how do people live like that?). Unfortunately when it's over I always get this subliminal urge to go and clean my kitchen! I had heard about this book and even thought about buying it, but when I found it in my local library I had to bring it home and read it. It didn't disappoint. ...
...Brutal Childhood" kind of gives the game away as regards the story. Kim was bought up by her violent mother as her father was away in the Royal Marines much of the time. She was their second child, and second daughter, and was made to feel that she had disappointed from the start by not being a boy. Her mother took up with her father's former best friend, and went on to have seven more children with him. Kim left home when she was sixteen, living ...

Madge11 04.02.2007 · Read full review
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Kim Woodburn is best known for the being the bossy person on "How clean is your house? As you can guess by the title of the book it is about her Brutal childhood. Kim was bought up by her violent mother as her father was often away as he was in the Royal Marines. Kim was the second child, another daughter. Her parents made her feel that she had disappointed them from the start as she was not a boy (obviously they must have wanted a son). Her mother ...
...friend, they ended up having seven children together. Kim left home at the age of sixteen and went to live with her father, their relationship as father and daughter was not very good. By 1966 she was living in the house of a lady whose daughter was at drama school (this daughter played the role of Suzie Birchall in coronation street in the 70's and later went on to play Suzie Birchall in Coronation Street in the 1970. Later Kim had been encouraged ...

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I have always had a soft spot for Kim woodburn. I think that on her programme How clean is your house she comes across as a larger than life, fun and interesting character. So when i heard that she had brought out her autobiography i decided that i must go out and buy it. As soon as i started the book i knew that i had had it for the next few hours because in my opinion when you pick this book up you simply cannot put it down. Kim was brutally honest ...
...mother and also the brutality she suffered in a volatile and violent relationship. She reveals with great bravery in the book details of a past event that she had buried deep in her mind for years and in my opinion it is impossible to read this without feeling emotional. I loved the way in which the book was written, it was very easy to read and flowed nicely. In some autobiographies you are willing the writer to move on to the next stage of their ...

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Review of Unbeaten: The Story of My Brutal Childhood - Kim Woodburn

This woman is incredible!! What she has lived thru is more than most can take, and for her to end up being such a well put-together, funny, and kind person is a major accomplishment! Couldn't believe what she as endured in her life. Love her and loved the book. ...

ronroberts 13.01.2008 (12.01.2008)
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Review of Unbeaten: The Story of My Brutal Childhood - Kim Woodburn

I could not put this book down. This lady has been through so much in her life. I am truly glad she has made it big and stuck two fingers up to that awful family of hers! Good on ya girl. One of the best books I have ever read!. ...

ali3071 03.06.2009
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