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A Very Private School: A Memoir

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A harrowing look at boarding school, from the mind of a man who went through it, and the memories of his classmates. This is a deep dive into the damages done by a cruel system and the subsequent attempts at recovery.

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“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 schoo...