| Leaving Lila Contributor(s): Baker, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1940018609 ISBN-13: 9781940018607 Publisher: Galaxy-44 Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: William Baker was six years old in 1931 when his mother left him at an orphanage, promising to return for him when she was settled in a new home. But years passed, and she virtually vanished from his life. At age fifteen, Baker unceremoniously "graduated" to a boys' home, where orphans were forced to do hard labor and sometimes abused. Leaving Lila is the true story of Baker's escape from "The Home." With his meager possessions stuffed into a Boy Scout knapsack, Baker lived by wits and determination, on the road in search of his mother and a better life. Baker skillfully crafts a memoir that is moving, suspenseful, and sometimes shocking. From the rare perspective of a ninety-year-old who experienced America's underbelly in the 1940s, Leaving Lila is a firsthand account of a frightened boy who escaped horror only to find more trouble. But along the way, he also found love in encounters so intense they were indelibly imprinted upon his memory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, William: - William Baker was born in 1925 somewhere in Virginia. An ex-soldier and professional orphan, Baker likes gin, cats, apples, and the poetry of William Butler Yeats. He lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. |