What I Did

Christopher Wakling

ISBN 10: 1848546165 / ISBN 13: 9781848546165

Editore: John Murray Press, 2011

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The story of a father accused of child abuse, seen through the eyes of his six-year-old son. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 378. Clean copy in very good condition. 2011. Paperback. . . . . Codice articolo KNH0012097

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Titolo: What I Did

Casa editrice: John Murray Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: As New

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Riassunto:

A boy runs across a busy road.
His father smacks him.
A passer-by intervenes ...

When Billy Wright runs across a busy road, his world is altered irreversibly, even though he doesn't realise it at the time.
Because a passer-by has stopped to watch the scene. She has seen Billy's father catch up with him and smack him. Within an hour she has informed social services, plunging the family into a living nightmare which begins with a social worker's visit and escalates through a series of misunderstandings until the family is threatened to its core.
What I Did is a powerful novel about the unseen consequences of a split second decision, about a childhood interrupted and the lengths we go to to protect the ones we love. It is frequently heartbreaking, blackly funny, and utterly compelling.

Recensione:

'I loved it . . . delicate and wry . . . different and interesting and very funny' (Mavis Cheek )

'Funny, original and very touching' (Helen Dunmore ) --.