Selling your children for fags
The "I was abused" books section in WH Smiths is getting out of hand.

Is it wrong to laugh at the title "Ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes"?

www.amazon.co.uk/Ma-He-Sold-Few-Cigarettes/dp/1845962796
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:10, 13 replies)

Sod that
Kids go for a mint on EBay these days.

How much is a kidney on the open market?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:14, closed)

You are correct sir!


I was in Livingston WH Smiths last week which was grim enough but then I noticed they actually have a shelf header/marketing thingy with "Tragic Life Story" FFS!
(bathtub has renounced CS3 for paint.net, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 13:37, closed)

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If it is I'm fucked.
(lei, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 14:05, closed)

You have a point there :p
*clicks*
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 14:16, closed)

It's the fact that the all have the same covers
that gets to me. Who the hell reads these things?

Would you read 'Daddy please stop'?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 20 Aug 2008, 14:37, closed)

thank god i'm not alone
I can understand "writing it all out" as an aid to getting it all out of the system/therapy etc... but yes, who READS them? And WHY?
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 16:09, closed)

!!
Its the equivalent of class porn I think.

ie "Thank fuck its not me".
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 16:19, closed)

I just don't understand people
As everyone else has said, who reads these things for enjoyment? There's 24 reviews of this book on amazon, 23 of them give 5 stars (!). Judging by the readability of the sample - "Me uncle then stook 'is meatpole in mah ear, but I didnae mind 'cause I'd get a crust ay bread in return" - these people are mentally subnormal. 5 stars? I'd reserve that kind of rating for Kafka, not for this shite. If it wasn't for the fact that the author may very well read the comments, I'd start a campaign to rip the piss right now.
(jabboy, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 16:39, closed)

^^^^
Because I don't want to rip it out of a child abuse survivor, not because I don't want to tell them their writing is apalling.
(jabboy, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 16:40, closed)

"Me uncle then stook 'is meatpole in mah ear, but I didnae mind 'cause I'd get a crust ay bread in return"
It has to be a pisstake...
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 16:45, closed)

Not so fast there
What with the price of smokes these days it's almost a good deal...
(pizzaforcat ate some cement and HARDENED the FUCK UP on, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 3:46, closed)

...
my sis works for a big publisher - chick lit and misery market are their biggest sellers! Misery is like gold (apparently)
(twiceydrinker hmmm is it pint time?, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 9:07, closed)

That's fucking shocking
23 good reviews out of 24. Whole sections of the shop devoted to this sentimental, voyeuristic crapola. Those titles. Trying to imagine what hideous motive anyone could have for reading these books.. I studied literature at uni and this makes me very angry.

People are fucking scary.
(lost, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 12:17, closed)