Description
Book Synopsis'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actions' - Steve McQueen
Four schoolchildren decide to run away from the the horrors of their everyday lives in a children's home. Seeking asylum in the woods, they enjoy the exhilaration of freedom and the first flush of adolescence. Yet the forest slowly asserts its own power and what happens out in the wild will affect the four boys' lives forever.
With his compelling narrative directness, rhythmic prose, and trademark humour, Alex Wheatle shows himself to be an author of real calibre, exposing the social stigma associated with children's homes, and the horrifying psychological consequences of their impact on children at the most sensitive stage.
Never losing pace or failing to engage the reader at every moment, Home Boys is an unflinchingly honest depiction of disrupted childhoods.
Trade ReviewThis is a
brave, brutal story told with a shocking immediacy. Alex Wheatle has created a disturbing portrait of life in a children s home, in language which is plain, unsparing, and
heart-rendingly poignant * Daily Mail *
Strong and meaningful * Independent on Sunday *
This is a book to read and nourish ... For it is a book which never gives up on its characters and, doing such, also never gives up on its readers * Morning Star *
Impossible to put down * Buzz Magazine *
Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion with the full knowledge and understanding that change can only happen through words and actionsA gripping, horrifying and moving adventure storyI think
I went through every emotion possible whilst reading this book and was bereft when I got to the end * 5/4 nudge-book.com *
With this
groundbreaking work of fiction, Wheatle has produced what is
truly the most moving book I have read this year * The New Nation *
A
beautifully written poetic portrayal of loyalty, friendship, and boyhood adventure * Big Issue *
Alex Wheatle, always a
gripping writer, has given us an
important work about life as a kid in care in the 1970s and how brutality and abuse within the system can continue to distort and destroy lives down the years * Teen Librarian *
