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Very Private School: A Memoir

by Spencer, Charles

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"A tour de force." --The Washington Post

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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  • Gallery Books Brand
  • Mar 12, 2024 Pub Date:
  • 1668046385 ISBN-10:
  • 9781668046388 ISBN-13:
  • 304.0 pages Hardcover
  • English Language
  • 9 in * 1 in * 6 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: