
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A tour de force." — The Washington Post In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend boarding school. A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt at aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all. Exploring the long-lasting impact of his experiences, Spencer presents a candid reckoning with his past and a reclamation of his childhood.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Introduction: For the Empire
- Chapter One: Early Misgivings
- Chapter Two: A Place Called Maidwell
- Chapter Three: New Boy
- Chapter Four: Judging Jack
- Chapter Five: At Arm’s Length
- Chapter Six: A Day in the Life
- Chapter Seven: Willing Henchmen
- Chapter Eight: Potential Saviors
- Chapter Nine: Blood on the Floor
- Chapter Ten: Bullying
- Chapter Eleven: Please
- Chapter Twelve: My Parents
- Chapter Thirteen: Leaver
- Chapter Fourteen: Looking Back
- Chapter Fifteen: Facing the Past
- Chapter Sixteen: A Different Generation
- Epilogue
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright