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Key ideas from the book
- A first-hand account of being sent to boarding school at the age of eight.
- A record of the homesickness and abandonment Spencer says he felt as a child.
- An examination of cruelty within the boarding-school culture he experienced.
- A reflection on the lasting effects of those school years.
- A use of letters, diaries, and former classmates’ memories to revisit the past.
- An afterword on the response to the memoir and solidarity among abuse survivors.
About A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles Spencer
In A Very Private School, Charles Spencer recalls being sent away from home at the age of eight to attend boarding school. Drawing on his own letters and diaries, as well as memories shared by former school contemporaries, he describes the homesickness and sense of abandonment he experienced and gives a first-hand account of cruelty within the school’s culture.
Spencer also reflects on the lasting effects of those experiences and on his effort to reckon with his past. A new afterword considers the response to the memoir, including messages of support from other abuse survivors. The book may interest readers of personal memoir, childhood accounts, and writing about the history and culture of boarding schools.
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