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Purple Boy (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 520
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Purple Boy (Paperback)
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Loot Price R452
Discovery Miles 4 520
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Just because growing up is brutal and crushing, doesn't mean it
can't be fun. Realistic and moving, the saga of a spirited,
potentially world-class high school half-miler is interwoven with
colorful vignettes and amazingly detailed childhood reflections,
one long day in a sleep psychiatrist's office. Dr. Vanetta senses
there's a reason Charles a 38 year old executive, sleeps only four
hours a night - and it isn't physical. The doctor cancels the
scheduled sleep lab and explores a history in which his exceptional
patient is kidnapped by thugs, chased by gangs and set up by a
football coach intent on serious injury. Later, Charles spars
cavalierly with an undermining track coach while secretly fighting
a disintegrating knee. On the lighter side, he organizes swimming
parties in a leech-infested swamp; has a whimsical running battle
with a school principal for repeatedly mangling bullies; and at age
ten, he's taught everything there is to know about business by a
Jewish neighbor lady who takes the art of lemonade "peddling" to a
level beyond Wall Street. His severe parents move the family
constantly. They use public humiliation for "correction." By not
dwelling on the negative Charles thinks he's gotten beyond it. But
has he? His life is an unsettling parade of adults failing to
fulfill their appointed roles. Heartwarmingly, at every stage of
his life, there is at least one person who believes in him and who
keeps him believing in himself. From the WWI vet to the
old-fashioned Kentucky teacher; from the New York Jewish lady who
really cared to the wise, calm school counselor; these are the
people everyone would want in their corner. And would he realize
too late that there had been someone else who wanted to be in his
corner but didn't know how - someone just like him?
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