This book made me laugh and made me cry in equal measure.
The pain that Paul Connolly must have experienced throughout his chilhood was palpable.
And although part of me was repulsed by the violence and the malevolence that Paul displayed, another understood and urged more of the same in order for him to gain some sort of recompense from the ills of a society that let adults abuse the positions of trust they were put in.
Although Paul was on the whole spared the fate that some of the children endured at least he has survived to tell his story and has since become successful in building a career and a family.
I kept questioning why these children were not listened to and how the system failed to protect them. I only hope that this book is read by all those now involved in protecting vulnerable children, the message of which should reverberate for some time.
This book was a superb read and one that I would thoroughly recommend albeit one that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster from heartbreak and anger, to laughter and elation.
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A must read, couldn’t put it down. I found the book to be gripping and at times really quite emotional. Its amazing how someone with such a bad start in life can turn things around and go on to be a successful businessman with great family values. It goes to show that not everyone with a bad start turns out the way you’d expect.
Paul is most definately an inspiration to everyone. To those, who like himself had a bad start but also to those that didn’t that may not appreciate how lucky they were to have a nice childhood.
I would highly recommend this book and have already passed it onto many family and friends.
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Reading this book was at different times a painful, funny, emotional, poignant and ultimately uplifting experience.The resileince of the human spirit has never been better illustrated than within this book’s pages.
It is also a damning indictment of the institutional ‘care’ system in post-war Britain and the establishment responsible for creating and running it.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
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Funny yet poignant.,
This book made me laugh and made me cry in equal measure.
The pain that Paul Connolly must have experienced throughout his chilhood was palpable.
And although part of me was repulsed by the violence and the malevolence that Paul displayed, another understood and urged more of the same in order for him to gain some sort of recompense from the ills of a society that let adults abuse the positions of trust they were put in.
Although Paul was on the whole spared the fate that some of the children endured at least he has survived to tell his story and has since become successful in building a career and a family.
I kept questioning why these children were not listened to and how the system failed to protect them. I only hope that this book is read by all those now involved in protecting vulnerable children, the message of which should reverberate for some time.
This book was a superb read and one that I would thoroughly recommend albeit one that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster from heartbreak and anger, to laughter and elation.
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|Great book!,
A must read, couldn’t put it down. I found the book to be gripping and at times really quite emotional. Its amazing how someone with such a bad start in life can turn things around and go on to be a successful businessman with great family values. It goes to show that not everyone with a bad start turns out the way you’d expect.
Paul is most definately an inspiration to everyone. To those, who like himself had a bad start but also to those that didn’t that may not appreciate how lucky they were to have a nice childhood.
I would highly recommend this book and have already passed it onto many family and friends.
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|A cliche I know but this is a must-read…,
Reading this book was at different times a painful, funny, emotional, poignant and ultimately uplifting experience.The resileince of the human spirit has never been better illustrated than within this book’s pages.
It is also a damning indictment of the institutional ‘care’ system in post-war Britain and the establishment responsible for creating and running it.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
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