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Mickey: The Giveaway Boy
By the age of 25, Mickey’s mother had born five sons. By the age of 30, she’d gotten rid of them all.
For nine-year-old Mickey, the early fifties were not the Ozzie and Harriet fantasy of love and security. Instead, they were years of abandonment, unimaginable cruelty, and virtual slavery. This memoir reveals Mickey’s devastating experiences of being handed off from one abusive person to another ... all in the name of survival.
205 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 15, 2019
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November 1, 2019
This candid story of a child abandoned by his own mother to the care of a brutal keeper, reveals the blindness of society to what is happening in plain sight. None of the adults in Mickey's life intervened. No help was offered by relatives, the school, the neighbors or law enforcement. A painful read that should make others aware of what happens when society fails it's most vulnerable, unwanted children. Yes, truth is a terrible thing.
April 17, 2020
A compelling story. Left me profoundly impressed. Only the ending was disappointing. Even if there's a sequel, this ending should had a psychologically more satisfying closure. Otherwise reader is left feeling cheated and dissatisfied. With what
is an otherwise worthwhile
book.
is an otherwise worthwhile
book.
October 30, 2019
Waste of time
The book starts out well but becomes tedious fast. But nothing can prepare you for the idiotic ending. A total disaster. Can't believe someone published it.
The book starts out well but becomes tedious fast. But nothing can prepare you for the idiotic ending. A total disaster. Can't believe someone published it.
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