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Waynes Meltdown Memoir!! Reviewed honestly for the 3rd time.
Anonymous:
NY Times Best Selling author Jenna Glatzer
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Oct 10, 2011
Jenna Glatzer rated it
Disturbing and real and raw. It's about the author's experiences at the Elan School, which was billed as a school for troubled teens, but was more like a house of horrors. The kids spent most of their days screaming or being screamed at, paddling each other, wearing humiliating signs and costumes, scrubbing bathrooms, and planning escapes. The writing is excellent, though the grammar is imperfect. It's a story well worth reading, and relevant to today's "troubled teen boot camp" trends
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Anonymous:
This is my personal favorite
--- Quote ---"Wayne's book about Elan, lucid vivid, captures the gist and grinding of what it was like to be in Elan, even during my time which was 7/74 to 7/76(a couple of years before Wayne) This book touches me to my very being. It cuts through to the marrow of my bones."~Matt Hoffman
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Anonymous:
And this
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This review is from: A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School (Kindle Edition)
I too downloaded this #1 bestseller in Kindle True Crime category asking myself "What is keeping my book in the #2 spot?" Well with a raised eyebrow I started to read my competition's #1 Bestseller.
It was only when I got to the second chapter that I realized this author had sucked me into what was going to become such a powerful story. I had no idea of what a great written book this would be and now I see why it is #1. It was very easy to read even with my dinner plate in hand. I did not want to put my tablet down and read it right from start to finish.
I have always said everyone has a story to tell. I have to say this is a must tell and must read.
I would recommend this book hands down.
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Anonymous:
And another
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Fran/Books And Beyond - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School (Kindle Edition)
This book was written by someone I had come to know and respect via Facebook, emails, etc.
This story is gritty and gets to the heart of the matter and it's true. When parents wonder what really happens when they send their kids to programs and entrust them to care for their kids in every way you now know. It may be a different treatment center, different M.O. but you get a good idea of whats what and realize you MUST investigate and NOT trust a brochure.
This true story touched me and made me mad all at once. How a place so monstrous was allowed open for so long is appalling.
Read it, everyone. Not just ppl who have troubled kids but maybe you were a kid like that or knew a kid who went away or maybe you just want to learn the truth. Read it and believe it.
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Anonymous:
Tell me when you've seen enough
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tarnation - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School (Kindle Edition)
Every parent having problems with their child and must consider sending them to a residential program must read this book first. It will give you a thorough understanding of why children leave these places and are no better and sometimes worse. I read it cover to cover in one overnight session. And I'm grateful that I was never sent to such a place.
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