Boy Number 26 by Tommy Rhattigan
Placing a child in care doesn't mean caring for a child. When little Tommy Rhattigan was taken into care in 1963 aged just 7, he entered a closed off world of institutional sexual abuse. Moved between a care home in Manchester to a reform school in Liverpool, the state was supposed to pick up the duty of care that his parents had failed to give him. But instead, separated from his siblings, young Tommy was thrown to the wolves. Tommy Rhattigan takes us, in his own inimitable way, back to his own childhood of pranks, cruelty and laughter grown from a need to survive his daily torment and to stick two fingers up to the system that was failing him so spectacularly.
Tommy Rhattigan was born in Athlone, Southern Ireland but grew up in crippling poverty in Hulme in Manchester. He had a close call with the notorious Moors Murderers as a child and his narrow escape is documented in his first book, 1963: A Slice of Bread and Jam. Tommy now lives in Kent and is a songwriter, author and poet.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781912624171 |
| ISBN 10 | 1912624176 |
| Title | Boy Number 26 |
| Author | Tommy Rhattigan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mirror Books |
| Year published | 2019-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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