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      HarperElement

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

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      First published by HarperElement 2019

      FIRST EDITION

      Text © Richard Gallear 2019

      Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2019

      Cover photograph © Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images (front cover archive image is not of author)

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      Richard Gallear asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780008320768

      Ebook Edition © March 2019 ISBN: 9780008320775

      Version: 2019-01-31

       Dedication

      In memory of Joseph Lester, who saved my life

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       1954: ABANDONED

       Chapter 1 – Left to Die

       1954–59: THE EARLY YEARS

       Chapter 8 – Poor Joey

       Chapter 9 – Christmas Capers

       Chapter 10 – The Tricycle

       Chapter 11 – Jekyll and Hyde

       Chapter 12 – Another Nail in the Coffin

       Chapter 13 – Adoption – Hope or Despair?

       Chapter 14 – Finny

       Chapter 15 – Schooldays and Holidays

       Chapter 16 – Leaving School

       Chapter 17 – The Next Step

       Chapter 18 – The Motorbike

       1971–85: THE ESCAPE

       Chapter 19 – A Room with a View

       Chapter 20 – Crash!

       Chapter 21 – A Second Escape

       Chapter 22 – Crossroads … and a New Life

       1986–2019: THE TRUTH

       Chapter 23 – Opening Pandora’s Box

       Chapter 24 – Closing the Circle

       Acknowledgements

       About the Publisher

       1954: ABANDONED

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