A heartbreaking memoir and true story of the triumph of the human spirit. With a strong will and an instinct to survive, Rosie's story is a genuine inspiration.
Her colour made her different: the true story of a shattered childhood.
Rosie Childs was born in a bare front room in Liverpool in 1954. An elderly lady who lived next door acted as unofficial midwife and screamed in horror when she saw the baby: 'She's black! She's black!' Rosie's mother didn't seem to notice whether she'd given birth to a girl or a boy. The baby's skin colour pushed everything else into the background. The mother was herself white. Her husband was white, and so were all their children. Rosie was, in fact, the first non-white arrival in the neighbourhood.
'Catch Me Before I Fall' is Rosie's story of growing up different; different from her siblings because of her skin, and different from other children because of an unstable and abusive home
