Frank: Fighting Back - Hardcover

Bruno, Frank And Mitchell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224077767 ISBN 13: 9780224077767

Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press, 2005

Synopsis

At the age of eleven, Frank Bruno was sent to reform school. At thirty-three, he was crowned undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. At forty-one, he was committed to Goodmayes Psychiatric Hospital. Now, for the first time, Frank Bruno tells his real story: how the tearaway kid became one of Britain's best-loved sports stars; how he was written off, but came back to win the world championship - at the fourth attempt; his descent into mental illness; and his painful journey back to health. This is a story that Frank has to tell - it is part biography, part therapy. He wants to show how mental illness can swat down the strongest man or woman. He wants people to know what he went through, and how, with the help of his family, he's now recovering. Frank Bruno is a man who has been right to the top and right to the very bottom. He is a great athlete and a national treasure. Everyone knows him. At least, everyone thinks they do. Because, the story he reveals here will make you change your mind. Painfully honest, moving, at times shocking, this is the book no one should be without.

About this title

Product Description:

Autobiography of the hard-hitting British heavyweight. 1st edition. Large 8vo. Very good condition.

Review:

"Frank Bruno has a special place in the hearts of the British public...This cannot have been an easy book to write, but the result is just right: always entertaining, uplifting and touching. It leaves the reader hoping that life has no more uppercuts to deliver to Big Frank." ( Daily Telegraph)

"Outstanding ... The story of Bruno's ongoing battle to rejoin those of us fortunate enough to have escaped mental health problems is sheerly inspirational" (Ian Wooldridge Daily Mail)

"The old Frank is back, talking about his experience with humour and wry insight" (Richard Madeley Daily Express)

"Nice one, Frank" ( Sunday Times)

"Frank Bruno's journey through mental breakdown to recovery has inspired many who before now have been afraid to face their mental illness and accept they need help. By writing about it so powerfully, Frank has shown that he is not only a courageous boxer but also a heroic fighter." (Marjorie Wallace, chief executive for the mental health charity SANE)

About this edition

• Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0224077767
• ISBN 13: 9780224077767
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240