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BOY
“Boy” is the story of a boy’s odyssey around the ration book Britain of the 1940’s and 50’s. Made homeless the author and his mother travelled from workhouse to mansion, from mansion to slum sleeping and eating how and when they could between times and encountering a host of colourful characters along the way.
The author learned to live with nobility, eccentricity and juvenile gangland and recounts events and characters in a straight forward no nonsense style maintaining a sense of humour in the darkest moments.
An ideal book for today’s busy reader “Boy” with its episodic approach can be put down and picked up easily with each chapter offering a new series of anecdotes that will amuse, shock or sadden the reader. The pages are peppered with characters such as a sadistic matron, a one eyed pig breeder, a one legged sea cook, and many more.
Abused, assaulted and threatened this was no ordinary childhood but the author manages to recall and recount moments of magic and childish wonder amidst the poverty and deprivation.
“Boy” is as much a history of the times as of the author.
The book contains some strong language and some material that the author considers unsuitable for young children.
The author learned to live with nobility, eccentricity and juvenile gangland and recounts events and characters in a straight forward no nonsense style maintaining a sense of humour in the darkest moments.
An ideal book for today’s busy reader “Boy” with its episodic approach can be put down and picked up easily with each chapter offering a new series of anecdotes that will amuse, shock or sadden the reader. The pages are peppered with characters such as a sadistic matron, a one eyed pig breeder, a one legged sea cook, and many more.
Abused, assaulted and threatened this was no ordinary childhood but the author manages to recall and recount moments of magic and childish wonder amidst the poverty and deprivation.
“Boy” is as much a history of the times as of the author.
The book contains some strong language and some material that the author considers unsuitable for young children.
356 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2011
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