A good start, considering /
"As the Second World War comes to an end, an eleven-year-old London boy finds himself alone in the world. Alan Carey lost his parents in an air raid, and his grandmother dies as he is about to start at grammar school. He is taken into Barton House, a gaunt children's home Victorian in more...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Gay Men's Press,
1999.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | "As the Second World War comes to an end, an eleven-year-old London boy finds himself alone in the world. Alan Carey lost his parents in an air raid, and his grandmother dies as he is about to start at grammar school. He is taken into Barton House, a gaunt children's home Victorian in more ways than one, where his fellow inmates are variously disturbed, and the staff range from hostile to vicious; soon Alan falls prey to systematic sexual abuse from the sadistic Jacko, with ensuing confusion and shame. The teenage brother of a schoolfriend offers him love and affection, but the adult world soon comes between them, and even conspires to cast Alan as the guilty seducer. In just twelve months, a bright and sociable boy learns that no grown-up can be trusted, and settles instead for a fierce and repressed independence."--Publisher's description. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 295 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 085449281X 9780854492817 |