The Kid: A True Story
By (Author) Kevin Lewis
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
22nd April 2004
4th March 2004
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
362.76092
Paperback
256
Width 115mm, Height 180mm, Spine 15mm
145g
The true story of Kevin Lewis who grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out, his life spiralled out of control. At the age of 17 he became caught up in the criminal underworld of London, where he was known as "the kid". From the violent anger he suffered at the hands of his mother and father, to the continuous torments at school; from the way in which he coped with rejection from people he trusted, to suffering from bulimia and a wish to take his own life, Kevin succeeded in making a better life for himself.
Kevin Lewis is 32. He is married with two children and lives in Surrey. This is his first book.