But We All Shine On : The Remarkable Orphans of Burbank Children's Home

The walk, July 1958 -- Hurt is where the home is, April 1971 -- It's the good life, Sorrento, Italy, 1947 -- The art of gracious living, Redhill, Surrey, 1958 -- In purgatory, May, 1968 -- The looked after kids, September 1968 -- The road long and winding. My essential tomorrow. Epilogue. Placed In Care At A Very Early Age, Paolo Hewitt Went To Live With A Foster Family Where He Endured Extreme Abuse And Humiliation. Following Years Of Abuse He Was Sent To Burbank Children's Home At The Age Of Ten Where He Met A Gang Of Children. Like Him, They Were Outsiders Struggling To Find Their Place In The World. Paolo Paints A Vivid Picture Of His Coming Of Age In The Children's Home; Of Bruising Fights, Failed Love, Brushes With The Law And Enduring Friendships, And Describes How His Salvation Eventually Comes Through His Passion For Music And Literature. Gripping And Perceptive, The Looked After Kid Is Is A Testament To The Resilience Of Children Who 'go To Sleep At Night Believing The World To Be A Dark And Terrible Place', But Wonderfully Emerge From The Darkness To Shine Their Lights On All. Placed in care at a very early age, Paolo Hewitt went to live with a foster family where he endured extreme abuse and humiliation. Following years of abuse he was sent to Burbank children's home at the age of ten where he met a gang of children. Like him they were outsiders struggling to find their place in the world. Paolo paints a vivid picture of his coming of age in the children's home; of bruising fights, failed love, brushes with the law and enduring friendships, and describes how his salvation eventually comes through his passion for music and literature. Gripping and perceptive, this book is a testament to the resilience of children who 'go to sleep at night believing the world to be a dark and terrible place', but wonderfully emerge from the darkness to shine their lights on all We orphans are the most important kids in the world.'Stepping into the past, Paolo Hewitt embarks upon an inspiring journey to track down a group of friends he grew up with at Burbank Children's Home.We meet Des, the boy who reinvented himself; Norman, the runaway child who crossed a continent; David, the boy who couldn't be heard; and Terry, the child who sat in a school field for four days. Paolo brings to life the struggles and triumphs of adults navigating life after care, and discovers many things: about himself, about care, but most of all about the indomitable force of the human spirit - even in the face of overwhelming odds. But We All Shine On is a worthy companion to Paolo Hewitt's classic memoir The Looked After Kid: My Life in a Children's Home. After a childhood spent in care at Burbank Children's Home, Paolo Hewitt embarks upon a personal journey as an adult to discover whatever happened to his close childhood friends. He reveals their stories - from the funny to inspiring to heart-breaking - and makes new discoveries about himself, his friends and the power of the human spirit. Placed in care at an early age, Paolo Hewitt vividly describes his early life spent with an abusive foster family before he is moved to Burbank children's home aged 10. There he meets a gang of inspiring children who are outsiders just like him, and together they struggle to create a life for themselves.