Book description
'I fight hard and love strong. I'm a traveller.'
Paddy Doherty loves his life as an Irish traveller, but as a child
he felt like an outsider. He was different to his siblings. On the
rare occasions he went to school, he was bullied for being a gypsy
boy. And beyond the gates of the camp he found nothing but hostility.
Slowly, Paddy's hurt turned into anger and by the age of 11 he had
started out on an illustrious career in bare-knuckle fighting. This
earned him a position as one of the most well-respected (and feared)
men in the travelling community. Yet while he won countless contests
in the ring, the real battles he faced were very much outside.
In this deeply honest autobiography, he tells of how he has loved
and lost five children; plummeted to seven stone while battling
depression, drink and drugs. He describes how it feels to be shot
point-blank in the head and the lengths he'll go to to protect his
people, as well as life since My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and
Big Brother.
Told with all the warmth and humour he is famed for, Paddy's rich
and colourful story is one that will stay with you for a long time to come.
Born in 1959, Paddy Doherty is an Irish traveller and a former
bare-knuckle boxer. He is most well-known for starring in hit Channel 4
show
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
In 2011, he won
Celebrity Big Brother
and since then he has starred in his own reality TV series
When
Paddy Met Sally
and
Paddy & Sally's Excellent Adventure
. He has been married to his wife Roseanne for over 34 years. The couple
have now moved from Manchester to a chalet in North Wales. They have
five surviving children and 15 grandchildren.
