Little Big Man: An Autobiography
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Little Big Man: An Autobiography

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Little Big Man: An Autobiography

About this book

The one where mum and Elvis lived unhappily ever after in our little Stoke Newington Victorian townhouse.
In this honest and gripping memoir, actor Stanley J. Browne reflects on a childhood and adolescence torn apart by his mother's mental disorder.
Stanley J. Browne is an actor, and he has been an actor all his life. Born to a Jamaican mother in a London suburb, he began rehearsing for the role of survivor from an early age. From birth he knew nothing but a home filled with love and the vibrancy of a Caribbean culture, but this changes when his mother is diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Stanley adopts the mantle of 'man of the house' as he is forced to scavenge for food and miss school, with his two sisters, to care for his baby brother. His life is further fragmented as they yo-yo in and out of the care system and Stanley must face the reality of being separated from his siblings.
An intelligent and sensitive child, Stanley descends into a life of crime and drug abuse. During his time spent in various young offender's institutions and prisons he battles with addiction and slowly begins to turn his life around.
Set against a backdrop of 1970s poverty, racism and hardship, Little Big Man is a powerful story of generational trauma and one man's determination to heal the wounds of the past. Most of all, it is a book about the universal desire for love, belonging and the search to find an authentic voice through the redemptive power of creativity and recovery.

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Information

Publisher
Jacaranda Books
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781913090876
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Artist Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. A letter to the reader
  5. Prologue
  6. Chapter 1: Nine Nights
  7. Chapter 2: Hackney
  8. Chapter 3: Blues
  9. Chapter 4: Back Ah Yard
  10. Chapter 5: The Globe
  11. Chapter 6: Sesame Street
  12. Chapter 7: Cowboys and Indians
  13. Chapter 8: The World Turns Upside Down
  14. Chapter 9: Elvis
  15. Chapter 10: Jah! Rastafari!
  16. Chapter 11: The Town Hall
  17. Chapter 12: Belly Bump
  18. Chapter 13: Therapy
  19. Chapter 14: Chaos Rains!
  20. Chapter 15: Nottingham
  21. Chapter 16: Sex, Drugs and Reggae Music
  22. Chapter 17: The Black Waltons
  23. Chapter 18: The Prodigal Son
  24. Chapter 19: Ragamuffin Soldier
  25. Chapter 20: Keep Coming Black
  26. Chapter 21: Road-Man-Dem
  27. Chapter 22: Secrets and Lies
  28. Chapter 23: Nicked
  29. Chapter 24: Her Majesty’s Pleasure
  30. Chapter 25: “Fix My Mum Man!”
  31. Chapter 26: Zero
  32. Chapter 27: Bucky
  33. Chapter 28: The White Lady
  34. Chapter 29: Skag Head
  35. Chapter 30: VO: Visiting Order
  36. Chapter 31: The Oscars
  37. Chapter 32: “If Your Name’s Not Down, You’re Not Coming In.”
  38. Chapter 33: Flesh and Blood
  39. Chapter 34: Brotherman
  40. Chapter 35: Denial Is Not A River in Egypt
  41. Chapter 36: Thespian
  42. Chapter 37: Ashes to Ashes
  43. Epilogue
  44. Acknowledgments
  45. About the Author
  46. Picture Section

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