Shelley MacKenney

Abandoned by her mother as a young girl, with a father always on the run, Shelley's life was never normal. Her family formed part of South London's criminal underworld which left her feeling ostracized and lonely. Falling deeper and deeper into depression and mania, one day - she snapped. Shelley got on the first coach out of London with only £30 in her pocket, and decided to become a 'missing person'. For years she lived on the street as a shell of woman, often stealing to survive. It would take something spectacular to bring her back to the real world...

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