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The wild boy of Waubamik : a memoir / Thom Ernst.

by Ernst, Thom.

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Dundurn Press, 2023.

362.76092 E717w

Ernst, Thom -- Childhood and youth.

Adult child abuse victims -- Biography.

Abused children.

Ontario -- Waubamik.

9781459750876 (pbk.)

234 p. ; 23 cm.

"Film critic, writer, and broadcaster Thom Ernst chronicles his life growing up with an abusive father in rural Ontario. The residents of Waubamik know about the Wild Boy, a somewhat feral child, standing near-naked in a rusty playground of weeds and discarded metal, clutching a headless doll. They know the boy has been plucked from poverty and resettled into a middle-class family. But they don't know that something worse awaits him there. This is a story of a system that failed, a community that looked the other way, and a family that kept silent. It is also a document of the popular culture of the 1960s, a powerful set of myths that kept a boy comforted. But ultimately, The Wild Boy of Waubamik is a story of triumph, the story of the abusive childhood of a man who grew up to become a film critic and broadcaster. It reminds us that life, even at its darkest, can surprise us with moments of joy, hope, and dreams."--From publisher.

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