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Learning to Think
- A memoir about hardship, education, hellfire, family, finding a way to break free
- Narrated by: Tracy King
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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When you have nothing, you cling to whatever gives you hope.
Put yourself in Tracy King's shoes. Growing up in an ordinary council estate outside Birmingham; a house filled with creativity, curiosity and love, but marked by her father's alcoholism and her mother's agoraphobia.
By the time she turns twelve her father has been killed, her sister taken into care and her mother ensnared by the promises of born-again Christianity.
This isn't the stuff of cult documentaries; this is the story of an ordinary family trapped in a broken system. It's a story that could happen to anyone without the tools to transform their circumstances. And it's the story of how Tracy found her way out.
A shocking, inspiring and ultimately hopeful memoir that holds up a mirror to the everyday realities of living in poverty, it is also a testament to the power of books and to learning to question our world.
Critic Reviews
King's memoir is heartbreaking and hopeful; a devastating true story that teaches us how the pursuit of knowledge can be a path to both freedom and breathtaking grace. (Tim Minchin)
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- Chezza.
- 07-05-2024
A story of a very ordinary family.
So much of Tracy Kings story was similar to mine, even though I'm 10 years older. I too grew up on a council estate in a British city and I could relate to so many things she describes.
Her story though is very much hers, told through her younger eyes and later her present eyes. It's sad but uplifting. You don't feel sorry for the Kings despite some terrible events but you do become invested in events. Tracy's own narration is engaging with a very slight Brummy twang.
I loved every minute. Read it.
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