Once in a House on Fire

<p><b>With an introduction by Eimear McBride</b><br><br><b>A devastatingly powerful, moving and uplifting memoir - now a classic of its genre - that inspired others to tell their own true life stories.</b><br><br><i>When our stepfather staggered home reeking of whisky, ceramic hit the wall. We got used to the smash and the next-day stain, but eventually the wallpaper began to fade . . .</i><br><br>For Andrea Ashworth, home is not a place of comfort and solace, but of violence and fear. Her father died when she was five, leaving her close-knit, loving family to battle with poverty, abuse and the long shadow of depression. But from the ashes of 1970s Manchester and the hardships of her coming-of-age in the late 1980s, Andrea finds the courage to rise . . . <br><br>Written with eye-opening honesty, rare beauty and intense power, <i>Once in a House on Fire </i>is a ground-breaking memoir,