A Very Private School: A Memoir

A Very Private School: A Memoir - Paperback

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A Very Private School: A Memoir - Paperback

A Very Private School: A Memoir - Paperback

by Charles Spencer
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NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD

"A tour de force." --The Washington Post

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer--the 9th Earl Spencer and younger brother of the late Princess Diana--recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend boarding school.

A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt at aged eight, viscerally describing the intense pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all. Exploring the long-lasting impact of his experiences, Spencer presents a candid reckoning with his past and a reclamation of his childhood. And now, in a new afterword, Spencer reflects on the aftermath of his memoir's publication, including the outpouring of support and solidarity from fellow abuse survivors.
ISBN9781668046395
Author Charles Spencer
PublisherGallery Books
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Charles Spencer

Charles Spencer is an author, historian, public speaker, broadcaster, and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. Spencer is the author of nine nonfiction books, including four Sunday Times bestsellers. A globally in-demand keynote speaker, he worked for NBC News as an on-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995. He has presented for the History Channel, was a co-host of the hit Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast, and has written for many newspapers and magazines. He is a columnist for the Financial Times.

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