When you're a kid the adults around you define what normal means. His normal became a strange and cruel woman who enslaved him far from home while being his source of shelter and food.
This is a heartbreaking story. The fact he triumphed over his circumstances doesn't make it any less tragic.
(Not sure how I managed to double-post this yesterday without seeing the original.)
When you're a kid the adults around you define what normal means. His normal became a strange and cruel woman who enslaved him far from home while being his source of shelter and food.
This is a heartbreaking story. The fact he triumphed over his circumstances doesn't make it any less tragic.
(Not sure how I managed to double-post this yesterday without seeing the original.)
posted by rcade at 11:10 AM on July 13, 2022