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A Child Called 'It'

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"Brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable and alcoholic mother, Dave became a slave; he was no longer a boy, but an ‘it’. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his clothes torn and unwashed, and when he was allowed the luxury of…

Spycatcher

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In this book Wright talks about his time serving in the security service MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), which is a British domestic counter-intelligence and security agency. He states that he was assigned to unmask Roger Hollis, a former MI5…

I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

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In this coming of age story, which is the first in a seven volume series, Maya recounts her early childhood through to when she became a mother at the age of 17. She recounts her rape at age 8, and explores how a love of literature and character…