No Accountability
By Keith Lawton
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Keith Lawton is a victory.
A victory over neglect. A victory over torment. A victory over a harrowing and painful past.Born to an alcoholic father and a schizophrenic mother, Keith Lawton did not have a childhood - he had a ticking bomb. His father's death and his mother's illness lit the fuse, and the shattered debris of his life has taken a lifetime for him to even attempt to repair after circumstances marooned him in the national scandal that is the British "Care" system.
"No Accountability" is the autobiography of someone who refused to stand mute witness to his own destruction at the cruel, abusive hands of others. It is a selfless true story of a secret past endured in the darkness of silence brought out into the light with bravery, and humour.
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MY REVIEW
Keith Lawton
has led a hard life. If that was all it was, he could handle that, in fact, he
did. What was worse than that though, is that it was an unloved life. At three
years old, he was taken away from his family and placed in an orphan’s home.
Sometimes he went to foster homes but it never lasted. Being that young, he
quickly forgot his parents and brothers. His only tie to his past is his birth
certificate that he somehow possessed through all the changes in his young
life. It’s not much information, but it’s a good starting point to finding the
family he never knew.
It broke my
heart reading all the pain and trauma that this child went through. I can’t
even imagine. Several times it was mentioned that he was not bitter about how
he was treated, but I could tell from his writings that the bitterness is
there, right under the surface. His emotions are so raw that his words seemed
to jump from the pages. It is obvious that he still carries lethal,
self-destructing thoughts. All this made his description of how awestruck he
was on vacation that much more enjoyable. He was like a kid in a candy store.
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**The above opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me to review.
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