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You Shot My Dog and I Love You
‘My parents were now dabbling with
drugs and Southern Comfort, even going so far as to put a selection of
hallucinogens into my bottle to witness the effects for their own amusement. I
only know this because my mum made no attempt to hide it, often speaking openly
about their experiments with my milk supply. Her only regret being the time she
added a small amount of speed to my formula to see how long it would take me to
fall asleep.’
Set in the UK and
Ireland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, You
Shot My Dog and I Love You, is a harrowing story of horrific physical and
mental abuse inflicted on the author at the hands of his parents. In addition,
the author's parents demanded that he assist them in their life of crime, go on
the run in Europe to evade the law, and hide out in a caravan from the local
police force. This is just some of the trauma that the author writes about. The
story is intertwined with darkly comic elements to provide relief from the
disturbing events of a tumultuous childhood.
Due to the nature of
the content You Shot My Dog and I Love
You is written anonymously.
drugs and Southern Comfort, even going so far as to put a selection of
hallucinogens into my bottle to witness the effects for their own amusement. I
only know this because my mum made no attempt to hide it, often speaking openly
about their experiments with my milk supply. Her only regret being the time she
added a small amount of speed to my formula to see how long it would take me to
fall asleep.’
Set in the UK and
Ireland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, You
Shot My Dog and I Love You, is a harrowing story of horrific physical and
mental abuse inflicted on the author at the hands of his parents. In addition,
the author's parents demanded that he assist them in their life of crime, go on
the run in Europe to evade the law, and hide out in a caravan from the local
police force. This is just some of the trauma that the author writes about. The
story is intertwined with darkly comic elements to provide relief from the
disturbing events of a tumultuous childhood.
Due to the nature of
the content You Shot My Dog and I Love
You is written anonymously.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 18, 2019
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* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.
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February 3, 2022
Truly shocking at times, at other times written with such a dark sense of humour, this is a page turner that I devoured. Loved it.
May 3, 2023
Jesus. Marry, and Joseph.
Every time I read this I am as upset, angry and sickened every time.
There is clearly stuff I can not maintain in my mind because I think Oh God I forgot about that" when I read it again.
Definitely a book I will keep coming back to. It is also sad that at least in parts I can relate to this author's childhood.
Every time I read this I am as upset, angry and sickened every time.
There is clearly stuff I can not maintain in my mind because I think Oh God I forgot about that" when I read it again.
Definitely a book I will keep coming back to. It is also sad that at least in parts I can relate to this author's childhood.
October 28, 2021
I can’t really grab the right words but this book definitely gave me the shivers. I mean the blurb should have been a give away but HELL, the story content was worse than the blurb content. I mean… poor boy. I just refused to picture a lot of the things I was reading and definitely mouthed “run away” or “fuck you” numerous times throughout. other than that, greatly written.
November 20, 2019
Reading this is like watching a horror film, I wanted to look away but my eyes kept being drawn back to the page. Even though the content was shocking I loved it
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March 18, 2021Amazingly well written and a true page turner. From someone who struggles to read books this kept me gripped chapter to chapter. 10/10
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