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Kirkland Hamill

Auteur de Filthy Beasts

1 oeuvres 40 utilisateurs 3 critiques

Œuvres de Kirkland Hamill

Filthy Beasts (2020) 40 exemplaires

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This memoir was a pleasant surprise for me since I only read it for work purposes. I'm always hesitant to pick up memoirs by people I've never heard of, but I found this story fully engaging and unique. I'm really glad I gave it a chance.
 
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BibliophageOnCoffee | 2 autres critiques | Aug 12, 2022 |
This was a tough book to keep reading because all of the drinking was so discouraging---esvcept that I was committed to finishing it to see what happened to the author! How he made it through such a dysfunctional family and managed to produce this memoir is an achievement! Sadly, perhaps this is a picture in far too many families at least in part. Between drugs and alcohol it is perhaps a wonder that families still manage to produce adults who can overcome their histories. One can only wish Kirkland well.… (plus d'informations)
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nyiper | 2 autres critiques | Jan 24, 2021 |
Oh, such a sad memoir. Hamill was born into wealth. His father married his mother seemingly on a lark, while visiting family in Bermuda. Returning to New York, they led a jet-setter life and when the marriage ended Wendy (the mom) took the “filthy beasts”, the boys back to Bermuda. Struggling to make ends meet, she eventually took off with a new boyfriend and the three boys, aged 11 to17, were on their own. Along with trying to navigate their survival Hamill slowly realizes he is gay. It was a look into a world totally different than mine, which made it an engaging book of survival.… (plus d'informations)
 
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brangwinn | 2 autres critiques | Jul 26, 2020 |

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Œuvres
1
Membres
40
Popularité
#370,100
Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
3
ISBN
6