Title: GROWING UP
Author: MIKE HICKS (MIKE HICKS)
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THE TRUE STORY OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE FROM A VERY EARLY AGE.
BORN BADLY DEFORMED WITH A HARE-LIP, I COULD NOT SPEAK INTELLIBIBLY UNTIL I WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS OLD.
THE BOOK IS WRITTEN IN THE HOPE THAT IT MAY HELP OTHER HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, AND INDEED THEIR CARERS.
THESE WERE NOT THE YEARS OF SPEECH THERAPISTS, AND NATIONWIDE HEALTH SERVICES. MY FATHER ENTERTAINED IN CLUBS AND PUBS TO PAY FOR OPERATIONS IN GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL. MY MOTHER GRADUALLY TAUGHT ME TO SPEAK BY READING…