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A Very Private School: A Memoir

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

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 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 accou...