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Title: Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the 'Bangkok Hilton' Sandra Gregory's Story by Sandra Gregory, Michael Tierney, Martin Bell ISBN: 1-904132-06-5 Publisher: Vision Paperbacks Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Beyond expectation
Comment: On the way back to Taipei City, TAIWAN, I picked this book just to have something to read on the airplane. It turned out to be a very interesting book and one of the favourite ones that I would recommend to my friends. I am Thai and when I watched Thai movies about Thai prisons, I always thought the stories were a bit exaggerated. Kneeling down when talk to the officers? Sex between prisoner and prisoner, prisoner and officer? Stunningly, after finishing this book, I realize how accurate and surprisingly good this book is. This book deserves a good recommendation, indeed!
Rating: 5
Summary: Planing on doing some serious traveling? Read this!
Comment: I picked up this book on a whim while traveling throughout Southeast Asia last month. Having heard various horror stories about the horrendous prisons there, Gregory's book perked my interest.
If you have read Warren Fellow's similar account, read this one! Unlike Fellows, Gregory fully admits her guilt, still finds beauty in Thailand and its people, and was honest about what she thought she deserved. I had a lot of sympathy for her.
Like many young travelers, Gregory was naive, sick, desperate to get home, and broke. She agreed to be a mule for smugling drugs out of Thailand. Her reward: 1000 pounds, more than enough to get her back home to the UK.
It is not uncommon for young travelers to do Southeast Asia on a VERY limited budget. Many people set out for a year or more at a time. Though SE Asia is very inexpensive compared to the West, funds can run out. Or even if that is not the case, some naive travelers see smuggling (drugs, gems, silk, etc) as an easy way to make some good money.
I think that ANYONE heading out to Southeast Asia to backpack through the area MUST read this book. It is a harsh reminder that no matter how easy transporting drugs may seem, it is simply not worth the risk. Many people think "that could never happen to me," but if you read Gregory's story, you quickly realize that it can and does. Gregory was not a repeat smuggler. She had never done anything like that in her life. And she really paid for her crime. There are MANY farang in Thai prisons who were young, naive, first time mules like Gregory.
Gregory hopes that her horror story will convince travelers, like herself, NOT do try anything like that.
All around a good (though horrifying) read that portrayed a VERY different side of the same country, even the same city (Bangkok), that I had been enjoying.
Rating: 4
Summary: Just Goes to Show Ya . . .
Comment: that you should always listen to your gut instincts. I happened to see Sandra Gregory being interviewed while on holiday in Wales and was impressed enough to run out and buy this book. I read it on the plane on my way home and totally related to her feelings and fears. I highly recommend this to all single girls who travel alone.
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Title: 4,000 Days : My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison by Warren Fellows ISBN: 0312253648 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Vanishing Moon by Joseph Coulson ISBN: 0972869204 Publisher: Archipelago Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War One by Ben Macintyre ISBN: B0000BYPNE Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 12 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: "You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again!": The Adventures and Misadventures of a Hollywood Nanny by Suzanne Hansen ISBN: 0972761233 Publisher: Ruby Sky Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Goat: A Memoir by Brad Land ISBN: 1400060931 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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