The other day I was at Bras Basah, and I picked up two second-hand books and two books from Techman. ( i think i seriously ought to go by a new shelf to shelf my books. its starting to become a big mess around my bed...)
I just finished one of the books entited "The Kid" by Kevin Lewis. It's a biography.
What the book is about:
The true story of Kevin Lewis who grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out, his life spiralled out of control. At the age of 17 he became caught up in the criminal underworld of London, where he was known as "the kid". From the violent anger he suffered at the hands of his mother and father, to the continuous torments at school; from the way in which he coped with rejection from people he trusted, to suffering from bulimia and a wish to take his own life, Kevin succeeded in making a better life for himself.
The book was written with the intention to let his wife, Jackie understand his past that made him who he is today.
Such stories inspire me, as it shows that there still exists hope even in the dire of states.
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