What I Did - Softcover

Wakling, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144340957X ISBN 13: 9781443409575

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

When spirited six-year-old Billy Wright, out for an early-morning walk in the park with his father, runs into a busy street, his world is irreversibly altered, though he doesn’t know it at the time. A passerby has seen Billy’s father pull him from the road and spank him. Within an hour, she has informed social services, plunging the family into a waking nightmare that begins with a social worker’s visit and escalates—thanks to bad luck, bad judgment and a series of misunderstandings—until the family is threatened to its core. Billy is one of the most captivating narrators in recent fiction: his idiosyncratic, frequently hilarious voice is an insightful guide through this tragicomic story about the unseen consequences of a split-second decision, about a childhood interrupted and about the lengths to which we will go to protect the ones we love.

About this title

About the Author

Christopher Wakling grew up in California and England. He won a scholarship to Oxford University and has since worked as a travel writer, farm hand, and litigator. He now lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and children. What I Did is his sixth book.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144340957X
• ISBN 13: 9781443409575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288