'For almost all my life, I've been the person you crossed the street to avoid...'

Peter Woolf's life of drinking, drug-taking and thieving had begun before most people leave school. Spending most of his adult life in prison made no difference to him: life itself offered him no hope. Today, amazingly, Peter is clean and has not reoffended since a life-changing meeting in 2002 when he came face to face with some of his victims.

The Damage Done is a searingly honest and gritty portrayal of a man ensconced in an endless cycle of drugs, violence, prison and depravity who, one Tuesday afternoon in a glass room at Pentonville prison, was forced to confront all that he had destroyed.

The true story of a brutal life of crime in London's dangerous underworld.

About the Author
Peter Woolf is fifty and was a career criminal until five years ago. He is now married and lives in Norfolk. He regularly gives lectures to police forces and other groups up and down the country on Restorative Justice. He is employed by the Metropolitan Police as a Restorative consultant, working in North London with prolific and priority offenders.

Reviews
He could surely have out-miseried most of the "misery memoirs" and bagged himself a bestseller ... But he has written a much more interesting book than this. * The Guardian *
The power of his story surpasses any behaviour management intervention. * Independent *
A powerful and searingly honest read. * Eastern Daily Press *
This gripping memoir stands as an indictment of the prison system. * Morning Star *



Book Information
ISBN 9780553819335
Author Peter Woolf
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Weight(grams) 262g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 23mm