Joan

This true story of Britain's notorious jewel thief is a royal gem. 💍💎💰👑💍🪩 Yes, similar to the sparkling diamonds Joan Hannington brazenly pilfered, this book was brilliant in so many ways. From the book's first paragraph, I was captivated by Joan's journey from an indigent abused child to becoming one......more

Hmmm, I don’t read many autobiographies so I don’t know how this would compare with others, however I didn’t enjoy the read so much. Less about diamond thieving really and more about Joan’s upbringing, relationship and traumas. I found the chapters a little hard to follow too 🤝......more

I've never a biography before & have generally purposely avoided them. However, having seen adverts for the TV series Joan (which looks brilliant), I really wanted to watch it.. but then when I realised there was this book out, I decided I'd try the book first. I think it's fair to say that Joan has......more

Of a similar age to Joan, married into a big Irish Catholic family and living in West London at the same time, I can relate so much to Joan's story. It brought back many memories for me, both good and bad. What an amazing life. I would dearly love to meet this lady. Would she write more about her li......more

A lot of violence and not so much about the diamond thefts......more