{"product_id":"boy-number-26","title":"Tommy Rhattigan: Boy Number 26 [2019] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE SEQUEL TO THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, \u003ci\u003e1963: A SLICE OF BREAD AND JAM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlacing a child in care doesn't mean caring for a child.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen little Tommy Rhattigan was taken into care in 1963 aged just 7, he entered a closed off world of institutionalised sexual abuse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoved between a care home in Manchester and a reform school in Liverpool, the state was supposed to pick up the duty of care that his parents had failed to give him. But instead, separated from his siblings, young Tommy was thrown to the wolves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTommy Rhattigan takes us, in his own inimitable way, back to his own childhood of pranks, cruelty and laughter, grown from a need to survive his daily torment and to stick two fingers up to the system that was failing him so spectacularly. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReader can't get enough of \u003ci\u003eBoy Number 26\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e'A heart-wrenching story'\u003cbr\u003e'This is a good book that definitely needs to be read by anyone who cares about children or mental health'\u003cbr\u003e'Rhattigan is honest and brutal in his writing'\u003cbr\u003e(Real reader reviews taken from NetGalley.co.uk)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhattigan, Tommy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556176810323,"sku":"9781912624171","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47228654387539,"sku":"XG81912624171","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/rhattigan-tommy-tommy-rhattigan-boy-number-26-2019-paperback-57592197579091.jpg?v=1726469955","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/boy-number-26","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}