A Very Private School: A Memoir
Audio CD
Main Details
Title |
A Very Private School: A Memoir
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Charles Spencer
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Physical Properties |
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Category/Genre | Audiobooks on CD Biographies Trade Publishers Audiobooks All Dates |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781797173085
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Edition |
Audiobook
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Trade Publishers Audiobooks
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Imprint |
Simon & Schuster Audio
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NZ Release Date |
12 March 2024 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In this poignant memoir Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend boarding school. A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries as well as his own letters and diaries from the time he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt at aged eight viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all. Exploring the long-lasting impact of his experiences Spencer presents a candid reckoning with his past and a reclamation of his childhood.
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