A Child Called Stink 2005 *
Women just can't read enough about miserable lives. Angela's Ashes, Child Called IT, Boy Called Starvo, the list is endless. The more misery, the more popular the book. Not to be outdone, Glenroy Mathis wrote about his childhood sadfest and it swiftly became a bestseller in 48 countries, including Afghanistan. When Afghans think you have had a hard life you are quids in. The story was snapped up by MGM and the film became a tearjerker classic. Tom Cruise dons a little woolly hat to play ten year old Glenroy and it goes downhill from there. His dad (Dustin Hoffman) is a one legged alcoholic deadbeat ex marine. Along with his psychotic mother and eight sisters they live in six foot square trailer. Glenroy has no bed and has to sleep inside his dads spare cowboy boot. For nutrition he is forced to lick the carpet. One by one his sisters die of Beri-beri and warts. One night his father sets fire to the trailer for warmth and Glenroys is stuck inside the boot....
Women just can't read enough about miserable lives. Angela's Ashes, Child Called IT, Boy Called Starvo, the list is endless. The more misery, the more popular the book. Not to be outdone, Glenroy Mathis wrote about his childhood sadfest and it swiftly became a bestseller in 48 countries, including Afghanistan. When Afghans think you have had a hard life you are quids in. The story was snapped up by MGM and the film became a tearjerker classic. Tom Cruise dons a little woolly hat to play ten year old Glenroy and it goes downhill from there. His dad (Dustin Hoffman) is a one legged alcoholic deadbeat ex marine. Along with his psychotic mother and eight sisters they live in six foot square trailer. Glenroy has no bed and has to sleep inside his dads spare cowboy boot. For nutrition he is forced to lick the carpet. One by one his sisters die of Beri-beri and warts. One night his father sets fire to the trailer for warmth and Glenroys is stuck inside the boot....
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