Please Don't Make Me Go: How One Boy’s Courage Overcame A Brutal Childhood [Paperback] Fenton, John

John Fenton was six years old when he was sent to an Irish industrial school — a place that promised education and care but delivered systematic cruelty instead. For years, he endured physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the very people meant to protect him. This is his account of survival: the terror of those institutions, the shame that followed him into adulthood, and the long, painful work of speaking the truth. Fenton writes with unflinching honesty about what happened behind closed doors and how he clawed his way toward healing. It's a difficult read, but an important one — both as testimony and as a reminder of the resilience buried in even the most broken childhoods. For readers of *A Child Called "It"* and Dave Pelzer's work, or anyone drawn to survivor memoirs.