White on Black: An Orphan's Story - Softcover
When Ruben was born with severe cerebral palsy his grandfather banished him to an orphanage, telling his mother he was dead.
Ruben's life was a series of freezing dormitories, rotting food and cruel carers. He was haunted by the rumour his mother had abandoned him. But the occasional kindnesses shown to him - a fig, a mouthful of chocolate, a conversation - fed his passion for life. Ruben was determined to escape the orphanages and seek out the truth about his mother. This is his heroic story.
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'An exceptional testimony to the triumph of the human spirit' (Evening Standard)
'A painful story of the handicapped abandoned in Soviet orphanages' (Publishing News)
'Extraordinary' (Mail on Sunday)
'Miraculous' (Observer)
'A triumph' (Guardian)
'Astonishing' (The Times)
Groundbreaking (New York Times)
'An incredible and moving autobiographical novel' (Andrey Kurkov, New Statesman)
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'A painful story of the handicapped abandoned in Soviet orphanages' (Publishing News)
'Extraordinary' (Mail on Sunday)
'Miraculous' (Observer)
'A triumph' (Guardian)
'Astonishing' (The Times)
Groundbreaking (New York Times)
'An incredible and moving autobiographical novel' (Andrey Kurkov, New Statesman)
A heartbreaking memoir of extreme neglect
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 071956137X
- ISBN 13 9780719561375
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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