Title: This Boy
Description: Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its transition from two-parent family to single mother and then to no parents at all.
Subjects: Politicians, great britain, Great britain, biography, Childhood and youth, Politicians, Biography, Social conditions, Social life and customs