Of a Boy
Viking, $26 hb, 188 pp
Fiction
Young Adrian’s Murky Fears
by Kate Middleton •
In primary school, we were shown a video warning children not to get into strangers’ cars. We were told to note the places with Safety House stickers on the way home. I remember wondering if, on being pursued, I’d be able to run all the way to the nearest one. Every so often, we heard about a kidnapping on the news, so we took these warnings seriously.
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