A very private school A memoir
Book - 2024
"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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| Location | Call Number | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Floor New Shelf | BIOGRAPHY/Spencer, Charles | (NEW SHELF) | Due Sep 29, 2024 |
- Subjects
- Genres
- autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies - Published
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New York, NY :
Gallery Books
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Gallery books hardcover edition
- Physical Description
- xxx, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781668046388
- Preface
- Introduction: For the Empire
- Chapter 1. Early Misgivings
- Chapter 2. A Place Called Maidwell
- Chapter 3. New Boy
- Chapter 4. Judging Jack
- Chapter 5. At Arm's Length
- Chapter 6. A Day in the Life
- Chapter 7. Willing Henchmen
- Chapter 8. Potential Saviors
- Chapter 9. Blood on the Floor
- Chapter 10. Bullying
- Chapter 11. Please
- Chapter 12. My Parents
- Chapter 13. Leaver
- Chapter 14. Looking Back
- Chapter 15. Facing the Past
- Chapter 16. A Different Generation
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments