He was to complete his formal education in a liberal co-educational school in Hampstead under the inspiration and sound values of a brilliant teaching staff. During his mid-teenage years, he was involved in a hopeless and self-destructive love for a film star, eventually leading to gestures - if not attempts - at suicide and murder, and this led inevitably to the disruption of his formal academic achievement. The psychological crisis led to a split between two sides of his family as to his future direction at the end of full-time education. The book could not have been written unless the author had kept a detailed journal and diaries which were recovered from an attic, and read for the first time after a period of 60 years. The narrative which is filled with humour and ironic observations, and a host of colourful characters, concludes with a description of his life in an old-established solicitors' office. It is only in these final chapters, prior to National Service, that he began to regain his sanity.
The Story of a Childhood
He was to complete his formal education in a liberal co-educational school in Hampstead under the inspiration and sound values of a brilliant teaching staff. During his mid-teenage years, he was involved in a hopeless and self-destructive love for a film star, eventually leading to gestures - if not attempts - at suicide and murder, and this led inevitably to the disruption of his formal academic achievement. The psychological crisis led to a split between two sides of his family as to his future direction at the end of full-time education. The book could not have been written unless the author had kept a detailed journal and diaries which were recovered from an attic, and read for the first time after a period of 60 years. The narrative which is filled with humour and ironic observations, and a host of colourful characters, concludes with a description of his life in an old-established solicitors' office. It is only in these final chapters, prior to National Service, that he began to regain his sanity.
- ISBN:
- 9781906791735
- 9781906791735
- Category:
- Autobiography: general
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 11-07-2011
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Arena Books
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 376
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156x19mm
- Weight:
- 0.53kg
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