{"product_id":"the-hate-game-gary-trew-9781738245413","title":"The Hate Game: Screaming in the Silence - A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner - 2025 Independent Author Awards (Memoir \u0026amp; Historical Nonfiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilver Medal - 2025 Readers' Favorite Literary Competition (Nonfiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRunner-Up - 2025 London Book Festival (Memoir)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner - 2024 Literary Titan Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey shoved his head into the toilet-a baptism of dirty water and urine. They drew a Star of David on his forehead. And that was just another day at school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the brutal corridors of 1970s England, The Hate Game: Screaming in the Silence is a raw, darkly funny memoir of trauma, resilience, and reluctant transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary Trew didn't grow up in a warzone, but Knoll Boys School came close. Violence was routine, bullying was institutional, and anti-Semitic torment seeped into the curriculum unchecked. Teachers turned away. Survival meant silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the school gates, however, lay a different kind of chaos-contradictory, unpredictable, and loving in its own crooked way. A scripture-quoting mother with a flair for curses. A pipe-smoking father who rarely spoke but always cared. A house full of odd rituals, awkward warmth, and flashes of humour bright enough to pierce the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with searing honesty and wicked wit, The Hate Game is more than a memoir of abuse. It is a story of defiance, emotional survival, and what it meant to grow up working-class in a country that didn't care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling memoir in the tradition of Educated, Angela's Ashes, and The Glass Castle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Trew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1738245411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781738245413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Trew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.65d","brand":"Gary Trew","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519281836287,"sku":"9781738245413","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a27328b5-1ce4-4331-8ba5-cd661929536b.jpg?v=1778737180","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hate-game-gary-trew-9781738245413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}