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The Kid

A True Story

Kevin Lewis

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
22 April 2004
The Sunday Times No 1-bestselling true story and major UK movie about the boy who escape a life of violence

Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out, his life spiralled out of control. At the age of 17 he became caught up in the criminal underworld of London, where he was known as 'The Kid'. From the violent anger he suffered at the hands of his mother and father, to the continuous torments at school; from the way in which he coped with rejection from people he trusted, to suffering from bulimia and a wish to take his own life, Kevin succeeded in making a better life for himself. This is his story ..
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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 180mm,  Width: 115mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   145g
ISBN:   9780141014623
ISBN 10:   0141014628
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kevin Lewis is 32. He is married with two children and lives in Surrey. This is his first book.

Reviews for The Kid: A True Story

Harrowing, chilling ... with passages of heartbreaking frankness. An absorbing, gruesome and salutary tale ... by the end, your heart is overwhelmed * Daily Telegraph * Devastating. I can't think of a story that is more unreadably sad or a story that it feels more essential to go on reading * Evening Standard *


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