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Book Recommendations?

joncrip
joncrip Posts: 21 Forumite
in Debt-free wannabe
I did a quick search for this but came up blank.
Does anyone have any recommendations on good books to read about becoming debt free? I'm not really looking for "how to"s, there's lots of brilliant info here already! I'm more interested in reading about people who have successfully broken free of debt, or who have inspiring stories in general. I know there are lots of those on here too!

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  • Debtfree2018_2
    Debtfree2018_2 Posts: 107 Forumite
    Rob parsons - the money secret
    Allen Carr get out if debt
  • sourcrates
    sourcrates Posts: 32,061 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped! Name Dropper
    Lots of celebs have, at one time or another, lost all there cash in some mad "get rich quick" scheme, it mostly ends up as part of there biography's.
    Have a look on Amazon there must be plenty on there.
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  • asparagus1968
    asparagus1968 Posts: 1,787 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    I have a couple,trying to remember now!
    "Saving Karyn " was good.
    there was the one about the woman who lived on a pound a day,
    have a google or a browse of ebay/amazon.
    LIVE SIMPLY * GIVE MORE * EXPECT LESS * BE THANKFUL

  • moohound
    moohound Posts: 1,209 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Not inspiring as such and definitely not a success story ,but 'Borrow: The American Way of Debt" by Louis Hyman is a good read if you are interested in the broader picture, it makes you never want to borrow a penny ever again, it is about the US but is relevant to UK readers.
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  • Monkeyballs
    Monkeyballs Posts: 1,935 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Does 'Chat' magazine detailing various celebs path to debt freedom count? It's normally going bankrupt but maybe I'm just being skeptical ;)

    MB
  • moohound
    moohound Posts: 1,209 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Monkeyballs wrote: »
    Does 'Chat' magazine detailing various celebs path to debt freedom count? It's normally going bankrupt but maybe I'm just being skeptical ;)

    MB
    I think it's compulsory to go bankrupt if you have ever been an actor in a soap or in a boy band, then comes the appearance on Strictly or I'm a celebrity etc.
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  • Monkeyballs
    Monkeyballs Posts: 1,935 Forumite
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    moohound wrote: »
    I think it's compulsory to go bankrupt if you have ever been an actor in a soap or in a boy band, then comes the appearance on Strictly or I'm a celebrity etc.

    Or a girl group, lets not forget our nations darling Kerry Katona LOL

    MB
  • Upsidedown_Bear
    Upsidedown_Bear Posts: 18,264 Forumite
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    asparagus1968 wrote: »
    I have a couple,trying to remember now!
    "Saving Karyn " was good.
    there was the one about the woman who lived on a pound a day,
    have a google or a browse of ebay/amazon.
    "How I lived a year on just a pound a day" Kath Kelly
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Lived-Year-Just-Pound/dp/1906593124

    Also good:
    "The Moneyless man" Mark Boyle
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Moneyless-Man-Freeconomic-Living/dp/1851687874/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
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