Tom: A Child's Life Regained
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the tradition of the most powerful true accounts of childhood struggle and redemption, Tom: A Child's Life Regained chronicles the remarkable story of a deeply troubled boy and the compassionate educator who refused to give up on him. Set against the backdrop of institutional education and its frequent failures, John Embling presents an unflinching portrait of a child lost to the system — emotionally fractured, behaviourally complex, and deemed beyond reach — and the painstaking, often heartbreaking journey to reclaim his humanity and sense of self. Embling writes with the rare authority of a practitioner who has lived his subject matter, and the result is a narrative that sits at the compelling intersection of case study and human drama. The prose is measured yet deeply empathetic, illustrating with quiet urgency the transformative power of genuine human connection in the face of bureaucratic indifference. Praised by Jonathan Kozol as intensely moving, beautifully controlled, and obviously important to all educators, this is a work that challenges every assumption about how society treats its most vulnerable children — and leaves the reader asking whether we have truly learned anything at all.
Author: John Embling
Format: Paperback
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the tradition of the most powerful true accounts of childhood struggle and redemption, Tom: A Child's Life Regained chronicles the remarkable story of a deeply troubled boy and the compassionate educator who refused to give up on him. Set against the backdrop of institutional education and its frequent failures, John Embling presents an unflinching portrait of a child lost to the system — emotionally fractured, behaviourally complex, and deemed beyond reach — and the painstaking, often heartbreaking journey to reclaim his humanity and sense of self. Embling writes with the rare authority of a practitioner who has lived his subject matter, and the result is a narrative that sits at the compelling intersection of case study and human drama. The prose is measured yet deeply empathetic, illustrating with quiet urgency the transformative power of genuine human connection in the face of bureaucratic indifference. Praised by Jonathan Kozol as intensely moving, beautifully controlled, and obviously important to all educators, this is a work that challenges every assumption about how society treats its most vulnerable children — and leaves the reader asking whether we have truly learned anything at all.