Faculty Brat by Dominic Bucca had me in tears for him at points, cheering for him at points, and mad for him at points in the book. He suffered abuse at the hands of his step-father, whom his mother met while they were both teachers at at a private school. The abuse he suffered went on for years and years, both sexual and mental. As a mother, I was horrified at the mother's reaction to finding this out and her failure to protect her child.. He becomes acquainted with his birth father and family later in the book and seems to find some normalcy in his life finally. He was horribly failed by the justice system along with his family though. This was a hard book to read, but he definitely did a good job of telling his story on a hard subject to face. Thank you for Net Galley for the opportunity to have a first read of this book.

This was a hard read. The subject matter (sexual abuse) itself is hard to read but the author also switched back and forth between 1st person to almost like, talking to himself as “you.” It didn’t seem to make sense to me re: when he would swap POVs.

Faculty Brat by Dominic Bucca is a true account of the abuses on one child by his stepfather. It is not an easy read and may cause other survivors to be triggered but, the author is honest and unflinching in his story. Abuse is rampant in our nation and is hidden so often I have to praise the author for his courage.
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Faculty Brat is one of those powerful and heartbreaking books that needs to be read, even if it's uncomfortable at times. The book also shows the courage of the author, not only by living the life he had, but also finding a voice to write this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
I appreciate how difficult this book must have been to write, dredging up horrible memories of abuse, but hopefully it also was therapeutic to write too. I feel like this book had a lot of potential but the writing style left me confused and ultimately I lost interest in trying to understand the rest of the story.

Dominic Bucca endured years of horrendous abuse from his stepfather, and that he had the courage to write this memoir is astonishing.

That said, the book is almost impossible to read, written in a stream of consciousness style that rambled among his life with his stepfather, his life with his birth father, his life of alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse back and forth between decades with no rhyme or reason, disguising what could have been a powerful work of writing.

I received this book as an ARC from the publisher and NetGalley.

What a hard book to comprehend. Book showed the courage author had to live it, and then write this book.

Thanks to author,publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free,it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.