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• How did I survive care and prison? I was luckier than the sharp, funny kids I grew up with

  28-12-2021 08:00
  
  After time in a children’s home, then jail, I got a break that helped me turn my life around and become a writer. Shamefully, I am a walking, talking anomalyMy first time at rock bottom came early. I was an infant when my mum fled with me and my brother to a refuge, to escape violence at home. This period of fear was brief, but it left an indelible mark. The chaos and trauma from these years manifested in my flailing limbs during desperate temper tantrums, in which my mum would hear every
  
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• How did I survive care and being homeless? I was luckier than the sharp, funny kids I grew up with

  28-12-2021 08:00
  
  After time in a children’s home, and getting a criminal record, I got a break that helped me turn my life around and become a writer. Shamefully, I am a walking, talking anomalyMy first time at rock bottom came early. I was an infant when my mum fled with me and my brother to a refuge, to escape violence at home. This period of fear was brief, but it left an indelible mark. The chaos and trauma from these years manifested in my flailing limbs during desperate temper tantrums, in which my m
  
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