Paul Connolly is a physical trainer to the stars, with several top-grade clients in Hollywood, and was the adviser on Elle Macpherson's video The Body. This extraordinary book tells how he got there, from one of the toughest
childhoods imaginable. Literally thrown out with the rubbish when he was two weeks old, he was taken into "care", into a regime of horrendous abuse that had terrible consequences. Years later he was to discover that only one other child had survived from his dormitory. The others had, in various ways, killed themselves. The ups and downs of his life, the violence, the moments of despair and
darkness are told with utter frankness, as are the funny life-affi rming moments. For anyone wondering what it is to be a survivor and what it takes to put your life behind you, Paul Connolly's story will inspire, shock and affi rm in equal measure. A truly moving tale, all the more extraordinary for being completely true.