Libby S. (Libratsie) reviewed on 6/26/2007 + 344 more book reviews

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I was expecting a celebration of growing up in a large family. This is far from it, and yet I was pleasantly surprised. The author's childhood was not pleasant. His mother was worn out and in poor health, his father distant and seemingly unloving and certainly abusive, and there were just too many children for any of them to receive individual attention other than his parents' version of discipline. This will be hard for many people to read, but the book is honestly written with the author even pointing out some memories of which he isn't sure.

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