Isbn: 9798268099751 - the boy who wouldn’t leave (4 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Boy Who Wouldn't LeaveA gritty memoir of escape, obsession, and the terrifying cost of winning back your own life.LW Galloway, author of the compelling debut memoir, The Boy Who Wouldn't Leave, was born in a Nottinghamshire mining village in 1984. His earliest moments are framed by political upheaval: his parents' year-long involvement in the Miners' Strike of 1984/85 against Margaret Thatcher's government. This struggle resulted in his family facing forced displacement, moving first to Doncaster and then to Manchester's struggling council estates. Set on a forgotten Manchester council estate in the 1990s, The Boy Who Wouldn't Leave is a haunting coming-of-age story about friendship, neglect, and the quiet damage done behind closed doors.When Simon begins turning up every day, refusing to leave, a boy on the edge of adolescence finds himself drawn into a world he was never meant to see. At first, Simon is simply there, sitting, watching, waiting, but his constant presence soon becomes impossible to ignore. What starts as companionship slowly tightens into something heavier, more complicated, and harder to escape.Simon's home is a place ruled by silence and smoke, loyalty and fear. His parents don't welcome visitors, questions are never asked, and emotions are buried deep beneath routine and control. Simon will never speak badly of them; his loyalty is absolute, and the narrator begins to understand that this silence is not accidental but learned.As the boys grow closer, unease settles in. The narrator realises he is the only outsider allowed inside Simon's world, the only one who sees the cracks forming beneath the surface. He watches neglect masquerade as normality, control disguised as care, and childhood slipping quietly away. But knowing something is wrong doesn't mean knowing how or whether to intervene.Against the bleak backdrop of post-industrial Manchester, abandoned estates, broken streets, and families just getting byThe Boy Who Wouldn't Leave explores the moral weight placed on children who are forced to grow up too soon. It is a story about loyalty that traps, empathy that costs, and the impossible choices faced when one boy has nowhere else to go.Raw, honest, and deeply unsettling, this novella captures the uneasy truths of 1990s working-class Britain and the lasting impact of the friendships that shape us, whether we are ready for them or not.The Boy Who Wouldn't Leave is a powerful, candid account of a child who found the courage to save himself. But even after the definitive break, the author realises that the scars of obsession run deep, and some shadows never truly fade. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Boy Who Wouldn't LeaveA gritty memoir of escape, obsession, and the terrifying cost of winning back your own life.Born into the socio-political upheaval of the Miners' Strike, Lee's childhood quickly becomes a series of forced displacements, finally landing his family on a decaying council estate in 1990s Manchester. While Lee's own home offers a fragile stability, his world is shattered by the arrival of Simon.Simon is a child of profound neglect and chaos, and he chooses Lee as his lifeline. What begins as neighbourly curiosity spirals into a terrifying psychological prison. Simon is an "unwanted shadow" who constantly monitors Lee, turning their home into a space of "surveillance". Lee soon discovers the disturbing truth: Simon is surviving in squalor and enduring unspeakable conditions no child should face.Trapped and isolated, Lee is forced into a devastating moral dilemma: when does compassion give way to self-preservation? The pressure mounts until a final act of desperate manipulation forces Lee to confront the violence and instability he has so long tried to hide from. Lee must choose-break the ultimate code of silence or watch his world be destroyed.The Boy Who Wouldn't Leave is a powerful, candid account of a child who found the courage to save himself. But even after the definitive break, the author realises that the scars of obsession run deep, and some shadows never truly fade.For anyone who has ever felt trapped, and for the strength it takes to find your own way out. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…