The wild boy of Waubamik : a memoir / Thom Ernst.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781459750876 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 234 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn Press, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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Subject: | Ernst, Thom > Childhood and youth. Adult child abuse victims > Ontario > Waubamik > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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A young boy endures years of abuse at the hands of his adoptive father. The Wild Boy of Waubamik chronicles the boyâs journey out of the ashes of fear and shame toward a life worth living, and illustrates how social systems can conspire to protect abusers.
- Ingram Publishing Services
âAn inspiring story of resilience, told with a vivid sense of character and humour.â âRICHARD CROUSE, CTV host and film critic
Film critic, writer, and broadcaster Thom Ernst chronicles his life growing up with an abusive father in rural Ontario.
The residents of Waubamik know about the Wild Boy, a somewhat feral child, standing nearly naked in a rusty playground of weeds and discarded metal, clutching a headless doll. They know the boy has been plucked from poverty and resettled into a middle-class family. But they donât know that something worse awaits him there.
This is the story of a system that failed, a community that looked the other way, and a family that kept silent. It is also a record of the popular culture of the 1960s â a powerful set of myths that kept a boy comforted. But ultimately, The Wild Boy of Waubamik is a story of triumph, of a man who grew up to become a film critic and broadcaster despite his abusive childhood. It reminds us that life, even at its darkest, can surprise us with moments of joy and hope and dreams for the future.