Your Honour Can I Tell You My Story?

Andi Brierley, Jim Hopkinson

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English

Waterside Press
17 April 2019

Memoirs; Rehabilitation of offenders; Juvenile offenders

The challenging story of a young person's progress through care, prison and social rejection to youth justice specialist. It charts failures to connect with and modify the author's chaotic early life moving from place to place, school to school, fragmented parenting and poor role models. Encircled by crime, drugs and baffling adults, Andi Brierley ended up first in a young offender institution then prison where he learned to think like a prisoner for his own survival, making everything harder for everybody on release. Until he determined to change and others saw his unenviable past could be put to good use. Shows how small things can make a difference. Contains many insights for professionals, students and others interested in young people in trouble. An addition to Waterside's acclaimed turn around stories, including Alan Weaver's So You Think You Know Me?, Ben Ashcroft's Fifty-one Moves and Justin Rollins' The Lost Boyz.

By: Andi Brierley
Foreword by: Jim Hopkinson
Imprint: Waterside Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781909976641
ISBN 10: 1909976644
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 17 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew (Andi) Brierley grew-up mainly in and around Leeds, West Yorkshire where he is a Children Looked After/Care Leaver Specialist within Leeds Youth Offending Service. He also spent time in Stoke-on-Trent and the Midlands.

Reviews for Your Honour Can I Tell You My Story?

`Andi's compelling story shows why we should never give up on the capacity of people to change'-- Jim Hopkinson, Bradford Children's Services; As featured in the Yorkshire Post; 'Wow!! I didn’t put it down once I started reading!'-- Lynda Marginson CBE, Director - National Probation Service (NE).