House fire in Halifax

Peter Stead  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 May 2012
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OUT OF THE ASHES
The restoration of a burned boy
By Peter Gladwin, with Jan Greenough. Monarch Books. 160 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978 1 854 2429 920

The writer of the foreword, Carl Beech, says the book is ‘one of the most compelling biographies I have ever read’. I would agree.

It is about the life of Peter Gladwin, who, as a baby in Halifax, was severely burned in a house fire which resulted in amputations of toes on both feet and part of each foot, as well as other major burns. His difficult family upbringing followed by a life of violence, drugs and gambling brought him to the point of suicide.

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