
The Boy in the Cellar
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Narrated by:
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Oliver J. Hembrough
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By:
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Stephen Smith
About this listen
Stephen Smith is the boy who did not exist. Born out of wedlock in the early 1960s, Steve's parents - both devout Catholics - had felt so 'shamed' by their son's illegitimate birth that they hid him away from the world by locking him in the cellar...for 13 years. Apart from a few admissions to hospital as a result of his 'imprisonment', Steve remained in the coal cellar of the family home where he was deprived of daylight, his childhood, school and human contact until he'd reached his teenage years.
Starved and beaten, the little boy's world was a darkened room that measured just 8 feet by 10 with a single makeshift bed, a bare light bulb and a solitary table. Steve would spend his days conjuring up an imaginary world full of monsters he would draw to try to block out the physical and mental torture inflicted on him by his brutal father. Locked away like an animal with a bucket to urinate and defecate in, the only human contact he received was from his father, who'd regularly beat him with a shovel and whip him with a belt.
Eventually, he escaped only to fall prey to the instigators of two of the worst cases of institutional abuse in the UK at Aston Hall hospital and St. William's Catholic School.
A horrifying true story of torture and cruelty that reveals a human's full capacity to fight for survival and search out happiness and hope.
©2019 Stephen Smith (P)2019 Bonnier Books UKAll my respect Stephen Smith.
Heartbreaking
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Unbelievable
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Such a sad story with a truly happy ending.
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One of the most powerful reads of my life.
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Fantastically sad and horrific
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Heartbreaking story and I couldn't stop listening. Highly recommended.
Shocking.
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good stories
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The language is gripping and the narrator's voice is full of emotions too. I want to give the boy a hug.
'Brave'.
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Freedom at last
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The cruelty of so many people!
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