This Heart Within Me Burns - From Bedlam to Benidorm (Revised & Updated)

Crissy Rock

• Publisher: John Blake
• eBook ISBN:
  9781857827910
• Year: 2012

Fully Revised and Updated. The Hardback Bestseller in Paperback at last. Includes full details of Crissy's time in I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. Best known for her role in cult comedy TV hit, Benidorm and for playing Maggie Conlon in Ladybird Ladybird, Crissy Rock is a hugely popular actress and comedienne. But Crissy's path to success was far from easy. Born and bred in the backstreets of Liverpool, her poor but idyllic young life was plunged into darkness at the age of eight, when her grandfather began to abuse her both physically and sexually. Pregnant and married to a violent bully at sixteen it seemed that trouble and turmoil would always stalk her. Having finally escaped her violent marriage, Crissy began to turn her life around. She tells of her first experience as a performer when a friend bet her that she wouldn't enter a stand-up competition - she ended up being runner up in the north-west region. Establishing herself on the comedy circuit she was then cast in Ladybird Ladybird for which she won Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. From there, Crissy became a familiar face on television, landing roles in a host of popular programmes including Brazen Hussies, alongside Julie Walters. This is a candid, harrowing and often hilarious memoir. Crissy has been through some of the most shocking experiences imaginable, but what really shines through from every page is her indomitable, wicked sense of humour.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• PROLOGUE
• CHAPTER ONE : HERE I AM
• CHAPTER TWO : LIVERPOOL 8
• CHAPTER THREE : GRANDDAD
• CHAPTER FOUR : DOWN WITH SCHOOL
• CHAPTER FIVE : CONTROL
• CHAPTER SIX : GOODBYE, NAN
• CHAPTER SEVEN : FAR FROM HOME
• CHAPTER EIGHT : EDUCATING CRISSY
• CHAPTER NINE : THE END OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
• CHAPTER TEN : ANOTHER ORDEAL
• CHAPTER ELEVEN : MARRIAGE MADE IN HELL
• CHAPTER TWELVE : A NEW ARRIVAL
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN : FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN : MY DARKEST HOUR
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN : WALKING AWAY
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN : A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN : TRUE BLUE
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN : ANOTHER GOODBYE
• CHAPTER NINETEEN : MY BIG BREAK
• CHAPTER TWENTY : AWARDS
• CHAPTER TWENTY ONE : LIVING LIKE A STAR
• CHAPTER TWENTY TWO : MONEY’S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION
• CHAPTER TWENTY THREE : BENIDORM
• CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR : THE JUNGLE
• AND FINALLY…
• Plates
• Copyright