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100	1		_aConnolly, Paul, _d1962- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBeating the odds : _bfrom shocking childhood abuse to the embrace of a loving family, one man's true story of courage and redemption / _cPaul Connolly with Ian Shircore.
260			_aLondon : _bJohn Blake, _c2014.
300			_ax, 212 pages ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
366			_b20140703 _cOut of Stock
520	8		_aFrom shocking childhood abuse to the embrace of a loving family, one man's true story of love and redemption. _bOne man's remarkable tale of endurance and survivalvivid, disturbing, but ultimately uplifting, as the beaten child, once told he was rubbish and would never be worth anything, becomes a man with the heart to love, live, and embrace the future As Paul Connolly struggled to leave behind his painful, humiliating childhood in the notorious St. Leonards childrens home, the ghosts of his past would not let go. The pedophiles 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, appearing on TV 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, centered on his young family and a successful training business that mends broken bodies, builds confidence, and changes lives for the better.
600	1	0	_aConnolly, Paul, _d1962-
650		0	_aAdult child abuse victims _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aChildren _xInstitutional care _zEngland _zLondon.
610	2	0	_aSt. Leonard's Children's Home (London, England)
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650		7	_aTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survival _2thema
650		7	_aChild abuse _2thema
650		7	_aBiography: sport _2thema
650		7	_aMemoirs _2thema
700	1		_aShircore, Ian, _eauthor.
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