Anyone read 'a child called it'?

scubaleopard

Hi I read them all and was deeply moved but then I also heard that actually the events did not happen and he made it up to become very rich. I don't know if that is true or not

helenhugs

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productSearch_10001_10051_50303_100___10_SimpleSearch_2_1_2__basicSearch_
Good place to get the books from. There are usually free delivery codes floating about too.

I have read all 3 & found them deeply moving. It's hard to believe what some people go through but what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. He is getting his story out there & more awareness has been made about abuse which means people are more likely to step forward & tell what happened to them. Even if parts become exaggerated surely making people more aware can only be a good thing. Granted his was an extreme case but it does happen & it does affect real people. If you ask around it's actually quite scary the amount of people who you might know well who have been abused yet it is still something people are made to feel ashamed for, they still blame themselves.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions & there will always be people who disagree. It's one of those things you need to make up your own mind about.
hugs
Helen

frivolous_fay

I read the first book, it was ok. I agree with barcode about the 'ability' comment.

I confess I thought that writing two sequels was kind of milking it a bit. I didn't expect his story to get any happier, so I didn't read them.

I liked 'A heartbreaking work of staggering genius' by Dave Eggers - imo a charmingly written and often moving memoir. And less upsetting.

juno

I got mine from Read it swap it.

The first was good, the seconds was ok, and the third wasn't as good. I think really they should have been condensed into 2 (or possibly even 1) volumes.

I thought the Brother's Journey was interesting to read as it gave a different perspective on it, but it wasn't that well written. But then that's not surprising, as all of the writers of these "misery memoirs" don't seem to do that well at school as they're not able to concentrate on learning.

Smashing

It's a rare that I don't see copies of these books in charity shops.

I read the books and found them sad, but they seem to have started a trend for people to cash in on 'my terrible childhood' - granted, people have a right to tell their story if they so wish, but some are so pooly written that I have to question if they would ever have made it to print if abuse stories weren't the latest trend in the publishing business.

frivolous_fay

I saw this book in the shops the other day. Everything about it screamed 'don't read me, you'll wish you didn't'

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Please-Daddy-No-Boy-Betrayed/dp/0007236379

Smashing

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I saw this book in the shops the other day. Everything about it screamed 'don't read me, you'll wish you didn't'

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Please-Daddy-No-Boy-Betrayed/dp/0007236379

I imagine it was in the bestsellers section alongside Don't Tell Mummy

black-saturn

I've read it and also his further book called 'A man called Dave' (I think). It's OK but it does tend to grate on you after a while of him really milking it. The original 'feel sorry for me' book was Angelas Ashes and it should have stayed that way IMO.

frivolous_fay

Smashing wrote: »

I imagine it was in the bestsellers section alongside Don't Tell Mummy

'Customers who viewed this item also viewed
Our Little Secret by Duncan Fairhurst
When Daddy Comes Home by Toni Maguire
Daddy's Little Girl by Julia Latchem-Smith
Ugly by Constance Briscoe
Shame by Jasvinder Sanghera'

Ugh.

'Please, Daddy, No: A Boy Betrayed (Hardcover)
Perfect Partner
Buy this book with Don't Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal by Toni Maguire today!'

Crass, but true.

dlb

I have read all 3 books a few years ago now, and was also moved to tears, but then read a newspaper artical at the time which stated that one of the main people in the books ( dont want to spoil it for those of you who havent read it so wont say who) who was ment to have died in the book was filling a law suit agains the author for what he had wrote.
It completely made me feel sick that he could have wrote things that he did and it be made up.
Dont know how true the artical was, but has stopped me reading books like this incase it is just twisted people tring to make a few ££££