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Put me off hot dogs for ages

Didnt root through the dustbins for a while either I can tell you!

I had tears in my eyes reading that book. Especially the bit with the ammonia gas. Fantastic book, how could his mother do that to him though. It's so wrong and I found it hard to imagine it really happening.

Yeah it unbelieveable what his mother did to him. It is very hard hitting but glad I read it.

Hard hitting??Was that a clever pun,SJC???

No, I never thought about what I said.

I do that kinda thing sometimes as well but I know what you mean

You just don't think about it. I really didn't mean it that way though.

Right...this might make me unpopular....but hey ho...why break the habit of a lifetime.

I read this book last summer, and the sequel as everyone at work was talking about it non stop. Harrowing...yes very. Uncomfortable reading...yes very. Shocking to the point where once I actually made an 'uhhhhhhhh' sound out loud. The subject of child abuse isn't a pleasant one.
But a few things in this book just made me look at the whole series as some typical American sensationalised money making racket.

I know this sounds hard and cynical, it's not meant to...I do have genuine sympathy for the abused...it's just that parts of this seem exaggerated to me (in your typical American way). I don't think anything as harrowing as child abuse need be exaggerated.
For instance. Here we had a young lad. Worked like a horse. Barely fed.. and if he ever was, he was fed crap and nine times out of 10 was made to throw back up anything he ate. He didn't sleep much...when he did it wasn't in a real bed. When he wasn't working, he was made to sit upright with hands on head.
He must have been wasting away with exhaustion, whichis indeed very sad.
SO WHY??????????? (And this is my big bug bear) Is it that whenever he is going anywhere that he is RUNNING LIKE FORREST GUMP?
I am neither a nutritionalist or a fitness instructor, but common sense is telling me that being reared in these conditions would make these actions impossible.
It made me wonder what else was blatantly exaggerated. I never bothered with The last book (A Man Called Dave).

Now at work they are all rubbing their hands with excitement that the author's brother has now written a book about his ordeal for their reading pleasure. Ker-ching??

Personally I think they all need to try a bit of fiction every now and then. I find it creepy that all they read is 'true' misery books.
It's good to be informed about what really goes on out there but it's also nice to escape a bit from this hum drum life!
I've told them so but they just love their misery they do

I know exactly what you are saying Heidi

Yeah, you should read The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave I think you can buy it as a 3 part, they are the next 2 parts to the story of his life, excellent!

His brother's got a book out now, on about how when Dave left he became the target of the abuse! Dodgy really, kind of milking of his brothers success

Hiya Kim. Nice to see you here again

Hey, nice to be back!!!

Hope you're well!!

It's ok.I do it all the time

His brother has a book out now too

I was thinking about buying his brothers book. Have you read it spikylass ?