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What I Did

What I Did

Paperback (04 Aug 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A boy runs across a busy road.
His father smacks him.
A passer-by intervenes ...

When Billy Wright runs across a busy road, his world is altered irreversibly, even though he doesn't realise it at the time.
Because a passer-by has stopped to watch the scene. She has seen Billy's father catch up with him and smack him. Within an hour she has informed social services, plunging the family into a living nightmare which begins with a social worker's visit and escalates through a series of misunderstandings until the family is threatened to its core.
What I Did is a powerful novel about the unseen consequences of a split second decision, about a childhood interrupted and the lengths we go to to protect the ones we love. It is frequently heartbreaking, blackly funny, and utterly compelling.

Book information

ISBN: 9781848546165
Publisher: John Murray Press
Imprint: John Murray
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 277
Weight: 378g
Height: 233mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 22mm