Looking Out of Windows

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Looking Out of Windows</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the extraordinary memoir of a boy named Basil growing up in the shadows of the Welsh Valleys during the 1960s and 70s. At once hilarious heartbreaking and disarmingly honest this coming-of-age tale chronicles the formative years of a sensitive imaginative child navigating grief isolation and the absurdities of the British education system.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Basil's world is upended when his beloved father dies unexpectedly. What follows is a harrowing descent into school ph-obia triggered by a cruel teacher and a system incapable of compassion. From the indignities of being wrongly lumped with the B stream to the bizarre threats of borstal Basil's journey is one of both silent suffering and comic resilience.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But amidst the darkness there is light-music literature and the fierce love of a mother who sacrifices everything for her children. As Basil discovers his passion for drama and girls he begins to carve out a new identity learning to survive-and even thrive-on his own terms.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Written with the narrative flair of Dylan Thomas and the humanity of Alan Bennett </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Looking Out of Windows</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a moving unforgettable memoir of lost innocence found courage and the power of looking out-when looking in was too painful.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>A story for anyone who has ever felt different left behind or lost in a world that didn't understand.</em></strong></p>