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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1988
Joy Davidman Lewis's son refers to his childhood as a "privilege,'' but the title of his book suggests that it resembled a penetential preparation for adulthood. His own father was alcoholic and sometimes violent; his mother was also abusive, first physically and later emotionally, abandoning her young sons to the cruelties of a mediocre public school so as to be u...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




