Bold As Brass
My Story
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4.5 • 69 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Hilary Devey is one of our most remarkable entrepreneurs and was an instant sensation when she appeared on Dragon's Den. Now, in this powerful memoir, she reveals the full story of her turbulent life. She describes how her father's bankruptcy sparked a fierce determination in her not to end up the same way. When her father started working in the pub trade, Hilary did too - at the age of seven - and has been grafting hard ever since.
She built her own company, Pall-Ex, which today has an annual turnover of £100 million, never giving up even when she was so broke she couldn't afford to give her son a Christmas dinner. Admitting to terrible taste in men, Hilary opens up about her marriages and the destructive relationship she thought would break her. She tells how she faced a mother's worst nightmare, her son's heroin addiction, and fought back from a stroke that almost killed her. Bold as Brass is candid, brave and laced with the warmth and humour that have made Hilary so popular. Ultimately, it's as inspirational as the woman herself.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant
This is an excellent read, I just couldn't put it down. So frank and honest, Hilary tells it as it is with no holds barred. This book demonstrates that with hard work and determination you can achieve your goals. Thanks for sharing your story.
A great read!
What a life!
Boring and wallowing in self pity
I wanted to like this book but it becomes tedious quickly. Far too much setting the scene dwelling on an impoverished background like she was the only one from that era who struggled. Struggled? I don't remember many working class families of that era having a car! Or a large detached house. Most readers I suspect came here looking mainly for some dragons den wisdom and there is some inspiration to be had in the middle of the book and what there is is very good. However it's too short lived. What we then have to endure is the tedium of chapter after chapter of her loser son. Mevlit of all names. His heroine and crack addiction. It just goes on and on. Then there's the attempt to absolve herself of any blame, even getting prosecuted for drink driving. Hard being a single parent I'm sure but not every single parents offspring grow up to become a junkie. Disappointed. Read the Duncan Bannatyne, James Cahn or Alan Sugar biographies instead if it's entrepreneurial inspiration you're after.