导语

  

    It was Constance’s mother who told her she was ugly.Over and over again.And that was just one strand of a ch ldhood blighted by physical and emotional abuse．She put herself through university，financing her studies with several jobs—including one caring for the terminally ill in a hospice—and then fulfilled a lifelong ambition by joining a prestigious set of lega chambers…

内容提要

  

    It was Constance’s mother who told her she was ugly.Over and over again.And that was just one strand of a ch ldhood blighted by physical and emotional abuse．But the young girl had a strength and esilience beyond her years．
    She put herself through university，financing her studies with several jobs—including one caring for the terminally ill in a hospice—and then fulfilled a lifelong ambition by joining a prestigious set of lega chambers．But Constance’S troubles wel e not over…

1．A Little Improvement
2．No Dreaming Spires
3．The Doctor’S Dilemma
4．Merry Christmas
5．Under the Knife
6．Teapot Lips
7．It’S a Dirty Job
8．Father Battle
9．Finals
10．Trouble
11．A Cup of Tea and a Biscuit
12．A Brief’S Life
13．Case Studies
14．A Bit of a Domestic
15．Greenham Women
16．A Chick with No Dick
17．No Room at the Inn
18．Life Experience
19．The Dinner Party
Epilogue