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Book Review of Fourteen: Growing Up Alone in a Crowd

Fourteen: Growing Up Alone in a Crowd


Brand new, read once.
Growing up ALone in a crowd.
Born 8th in a family of 14 siblings, Stephen Sanichowsky spent much of his life trying to understand his place int he crowd at home. With 5 kids sharing his bedroom, mental escape seemed the only solution and Zanichkowsky retreated to the world inside his head. As the number of children grew, his parents succumbed to anger, resentment, and despair; with so many children, there would never be enough love to go around.