One of the Boys packs a huge emotional punch. This is the unflinching story of an abusive father and his two sons after he takes them away from their mother, told using wonderfully stark prose. I was particularly affected by how the younger son begins to copy his father in believing that his mother deserved the beatings she received. It was heartbreaking to to see him continually hope that even after every broken promise his father would change. I read this book in one gulp, gripping the pages and willing the boys to escape. Only wish it could have been longer.
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