A Very Private School : : a Memoir
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Gallery Books, 2024.
Year Published: 2024
Description: 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781668046388
1668046385
SUBJECTS
Spencer, Charles Spencer, -- Earl, -- 1964-
Boarding schools -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Teacher-student relationships -- Biography.
Autobiographies.