The truth or something
Subtitle: a novel
By: Jeanne Willis.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Child abuse -- Fiction.; Abandoned children -- Fiction.; Family problems -- Fiction.; Poverty -- Fiction.; England -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Growing up poor and neglected in post-World War II England, young Mick, longing to be part of a loving family as he is shuttled from home to home, must harden himself against disappointment and cruelty--and, finally, against the abusive father he only recently met.
Notes: Originally published under the title: The hard man of the swings.