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The Looked After Kid, Revised Edition

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Looked After Kid, Revised Edition

By Paolo Hewitt

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About the book

Placed in care at a very early age, Paolo Hewitt went to live with a foster family where he endured extreme abuse and humiliation.Following years of abuse he was sent to Burbank children's home at the age of ten where he met a gang of children. Like him, they were outsiders struggling to find their place in the world. Paolo paints a vivid picture of his coming of age in the children's home; of bruising fights, failed love, brushes with the law and enduring friendships, and describes how his salv...Show more

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ISBN

9781849055888

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published year

2014

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1

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The Looked After Kid, Revised Edition

Format

Paperback

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