Murphy's Boy

Informationen zum Autor Torey Hayden is an educational psychologist and a former special education teacher who since 1979 has chronicled her struggles in the classroom in a succession of bestselling books. She lives and writes in the U.K. Klappentext When Torey Hayden first met fifteen-year-old Kevin, he was barricaded under a table. Desperately afraid of the world around him, he hadn’t spoken a word in eight years. He was considered hopeless, incurable, but Hayden refused to believe it. With unwavering devotion and gentle, patient love, she set out to free him—and slowly uncovered a shocking, violent history and a terrible secret that an unfeeling bureaucracy had simply filed away and forgotten. But she never gave up on this tragic “lost case.” For a trapped and frightened boy desperately needed her help—and she knew in her heart she could not rest easy until she had rescued him from the darkness. "A story rich in reasons for hope." -- Publishers Weekly From the bestselling author of One Child , the true story of a boy who refused to speak--until a therapist's love broke through the silence. When Torey Hayden first met fifteen-year-old Kevin, he was barricaded under a table. Desperately afraid of the world around him, he hadn't spoken a word in eight years. He was considered hopeless, incurable, but Hayden refused to believe it. With unwavering devotion and gentle, patient love, she set out to free him--and slowly uncovered a shocking, violent history and a terrible secret that an unfeeling bureaucracy had simply filed away and forgotten. But she never gave up on this tragic "lost case." For a trapped and frightened boy desperately needed her help--and she knew in her heart she could not rest easy until she had rescued him from the darkness.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Torey Hayden
• Verlag: William Morrow
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780062564429
• ISBN: 978-0-06-256442-9
• Seiten: 432
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Psychologie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung; Psychology: emotions, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, EDUCATION: Special Education / Communicative Disorders, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Dysfunctional Families, PSYCHOLOGY: Developmental / Child, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Abuse / Child Abuse, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Education, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Military Families, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Educators, PSYCHOLOGY: Psychotherapy / General