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A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers ‘The Tiger's Child’ and ‘One Child’.
Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle – three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatised by the horrors of war; an eleven-year-old boy, who only knew life inside an institution; an excitable girl, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven-year-old Leslie, perhaps the most hopeless of all, unresponsive and unable to speak. But Torey's most daunting challenge turns out to be Leslie's mother, a stunning young doctor who soon discovers that she needs Torey's love and help just as much as the children.
‘Just Another Kid’ is a beautiful illustration of nurturing concern, not only for a few emotionally disturbed children, but for one woman facing a personal battle.
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‘An enchanting, inspiring book... Impossible to put down.’ Washington Post Book World
‘Torey Hayden's book "Just Another Kid" is not just another book. Though each page turns on the mysteries of emotional disturbance, sex, alcoholism, violence and crime of all dimensions, the reader emerges from the experience convinced the world can be loving, caring, warm and orderly.’ New York Times Book Review
‘Torey Hayden deserves the kind of respect I can’t give many people. She isn’t just valuable, she’s incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden.’ Boston Globe
This account based on the author's own experience, is the story of a year spent teaching a class of emotionally disturbed children. Torey Hayden describes her attempts to help such children as Leslie who is autistic and, at 7, still wears nappies, or Mariana, aged 8, who is severely backward and has a history of precocious sexual behaviour and Geraldin and Shermona, who are traumatised victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland. She describes her struggle to win the trust of these children many of whom, by the year's end have made spectacular progress. Torey Hayden is an educational psychologist and the author of several other books including "One Child", "Somebody Else's Kids" and "Murphy's Boy".
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- PublisherGrafton
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0586205284
- ISBN 13 9780586205280
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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