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What I did

A boy runs across a busy road. His father smacks him. A passer-by intervenes...When Billy Wright runs across a busy road, his world is altered irreversibly, even though he doesn't realise it at the time. Because a passer-by has stopped to watch the scene. She has seen Billy's father catch up with him and smack him.

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  • "A boy runs across a busy road. His father smacks him. A passer-by intervenes...When Billy Wright runs across a busy road, his world is altered irreversibly, even though he doesn't realise it at the time. Because a passer-by has stopped to watch the scene. She has seen Billy's father catch up with him and smack him."@en
  • ""This is a story about a terrible thing which happens to me. I have to warn you that nobody is bad or good here, or rather everyone is a bit bad and a bit good and the bad and the good moluscules get mixed up against each other and produce terrible chemical reactions. Did you know cheetahs cannot retract their claws?"Six-year-old Billy loves animals, David Attenborough documentaries, and sneakers that flash when he runs. He does not love sitting still, the blood-soaked sky in Watership Down, or his father's cell phone.When Billy runs into a busy street, ignoring his father's commands, he sets in motion a series of unexpected, family-altering events. What I Did is a heart-wrenching reminder of how best intentions can lead to disastrous consequences, and how one rash decision can take on a life of its own."@en
  • "Een Brits gezin wordt onverwacht geconfronteerd met een vermoeden van kindermishandeling."
  • "A memorable narrator in Billy, a precocious and headstrong British six-year-old who understands the world through nature shows. When Billy runs into a busy street, his father, fear turning to rage, spanks him before the eyes of a nosy jogger. The jogger promptly calls child services, beginning a terrifying odyssey in which concerned agents of the state try to protect the boy from what they see as an abusive father. Not comprehending the gravity of the situation, Billy makes comments that unintentionally incriminate his father and drive the entire family closer to the breaking point."
  • "When a father spanks his six-year-old son for darting out into the street a passerby reports him to social services, plunging the family into a nightmare investigation that threatens to destroy them."@en
  • "When Billy Wright runs across a busy road, his world is altered irreversibly. A passer-by has stopped to watch the scene. She has been Billy's father catch up with him and smack him. Within an hour she has informed social services, plunging the family into a living nightmare which begins with a social worker's visit and escalates through a series of misunderstandings. What I Did is a powerful novel about the unseen consequences of a split-second decision, about childhood interrupted and the lengths we go to to protect the ones we love. It is frequently heartbreaking, blackly funny and utterly compelling."
  • "When Billy Wright runs across a busy road, his world is altered irreversibly. A passer-by has stopped to watch the scene. She has been Billy's father catch up with him and smack him. Within an hour she has informed social services, plunging the family into a living nightmare which begins with a social worker's visit and escalates through a series of misunderstandings. What I Did is a powerful novel about the unseen consequences of a split-second decision, about childhood interrupted and the lengths we go to to protect the ones we love. It is frequently heartbreaking, blackly funny and utterly compelling."@en
  • "When spirited six-year-old Billy Wright, out for an early-morning walk in the park with his father, runs into a busy street, his world is irreversibly altered, though he doesn't know it at the time. A passerby has seen Billy's father pull him from the road and spank him. Within an hour, she has informed social services, plunging the family into a waking nightmare that begins with a social worker's visit and escalates'thanks to bad luck, bad judgment and a series of misunderstandings'until the family is threatened to its core. Billy is one of the most captivating narrators in recent fiction: his idiosyncratic, frequently hilarious voice is an insightful guide through this tragicomic story about the unseen consequences of a split-second decision, about a childhood interrupted and about the lengths to which we will go to protect the ones we love."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
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  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "What I did : a novel"
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