
The Boy with No Shoes: A Memoir
by William Horwood | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0755313186 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0755313186 Global Overview for this book
3 journalers for this copy...

Amazon Editorial Review:
Five-year-old Jimmy Rova is the unwanted child of a mother who rejects him, and whose other children bully him. The one thing he can call his own is a pair of shoes, a present from the only person he feels has ever loved him. When they are cruelly taken away, Jimmy spirals down into a state of loneliness and terrible loss from which there seems no recovery. This triumphant story of a boy's struggle with early trauma and his remarkable journey into adulthood is based on William Horwood's own remarkable childhood in south-east England after the Second World War. Using all the skills that went into the creation of his modern classics, Horwood has written an inspiring story of a journey from a past too painful to imagine to the future every child deserves.
Five-year-old Jimmy Rova is the unwanted child of a mother who rejects him, and whose other children bully him. The one thing he can call his own is a pair of shoes, a present from the only person he feels has ever loved him. When they are cruelly taken away, Jimmy spirals down into a state of loneliness and terrible loss from which there seems no recovery. This triumphant story of a boy's struggle with early trauma and his remarkable journey into adulthood is based on William Horwood's own remarkable childhood in south-east England after the Second World War. Using all the skills that went into the creation of his modern classics, Horwood has written an inspiring story of a journey from a past too painful to imagine to the future every child deserves.

Journal Entry 2 by
J4Shaw
at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Wednesday, February 11, 2015


Released 5 yrs ago (2/11/2015 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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Purchased this book from AbeBooks.com for the Australasia Wishlist Tag Game
It has been on Kiwiinengland's Wishlist since 2011.
I hope it is worth the wait :)

Journal Entry 3 by
kiwiinengland
at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Wednesday, March 04, 2015


Thanks so much for fulfilling this wish in the tag game (and for starting the game also). Very clever idea to put the bcid in the address!

Journal Entry 4 by
kiwiinengland
at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Sunday, September 13, 2015


I recommend this book, as a very well written piece of modern England. The author tells of his neglectful childhood where neither father, mother nor school offer the support he needs. But caring adults do appear and fill some of the roles in his life which allows him to grow.
The book is semi biographical, by the man who wrote wind in the willows. When he describes the years he spent in the dales, sea, and river you can see how he used this knowledge to write his stories.
A reminder that traditional education is not the only way...
The book is semi biographical, by the man who wrote wind in the willows. When he describes the years he spent in the dales, sea, and river you can see how he used this knowledge to write his stories.
A reminder that traditional education is not the only way...

Journal Entry 5 by
kiwiinengland
at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, September 26, 2015


Released 5 yrs ago (9/25/2015 UTC) at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand
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Passed on to -tui-
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Journal Entry 6 by
kiwiinengland
at Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Wednesday, November 11, 2015


Received back from -tui- who found it an interesting read

Journal Entry 7 by
kiwiinengland
at Auckland Uncon 2015 in Auckland, Auckland Province New Zealand on Wednesday, November 11, 2015


Released 5 yrs ago (11/13/2015 UTC) at Auckland Uncon 2015 in Auckland, Auckland Province New Zealand
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If you aren't familiar with Bookcrossing, take a few minutes to check out this very cool site. Bookcrossers LOVE books, and more than anything, they love to read books and then set them free for other people to find and enjoy. I would love it if you would leave a journal entry -- you can say where you found the book or how you liked it when you read it.

Journal Entry 8 by
Ghanescha
at Auckland, Auckland Province New Zealand on Saturday, November 14, 2015



Journal Entry 9 by
Ghanescha
at Queen's Square in Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, November 15, 2015



Journal Entry 10 by
Ghanescha
at -- wild released somewhere in NSW, New South Wales Australia on Monday, November 16, 2015



das Buch wird im Rahmen meiner
"Lifetime Challenge Churches/Kirchen and Monasteries/Klöster "
freigelassen

Journal Entry 11 by
Ghanescha
at St Mary's Cathedral, College St in Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Monday, November 16, 2015

