{"product_id":"9781785634239-im-fine","title":"I’m Fine","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea true story of trust, betrayal and exploitation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bullied child seeks solace on the gay scene but falls into the hands of dangerous predators. Richard Hall recreates with unnerving frankness the year of his childhood when attention of older admirers went to his head, with lasting consequences for the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Honest storytelling at its finest’ – \u003cem\u003eAttitude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 2024 a gay youth leader was jailed for 22 years. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of his victims tells why it took him two decades to call the police\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1996, at the age of fourteen, Richard Hall met a man who changed his life. Two and half decades later, he called the police. As a result, the man was jailed for twenty-two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of what came before the police: how a teenage boy who had been hounded at school because he was gay walked into a world where he thought he would be safe, but which he was too inexperienced to navigate. In his naïvety, he thought what happened next was normal, or somehow his fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a vivid, compellingly readable account, Hall recreates with unnerving frankness – and with surprising bursts of humour – the year in his childhood when the attention of older admirers went to his head, with lasting consequences for the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI’m Fine\u003c\/em\u003e is not just the intensely moving story of one mixed-up boy’s private hell. It also stands as a powerful warning about predators operating with the impunity conferred on them by ‘community’ status.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55773568139638,"sku":"9781785634239","price":12.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38852037_9488aa18-3f9a-4448-88d5-dfd60ae4daa8.jpg?v=1764391635","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785634239-im-fine","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}