Brutal School Ties The Parktown Boys’ Tragedy by Sam Cowen
November 8, 2020
Praise for book
“Sam Cowen has produced a searing exposé of the casual evil lurking in a community founded on fear and depravity.” Chris Gibbons
In September 2018, Collan Rex, the former water polo coach at
Parktown Boys High School, found guilty of 144 charges of sexual
assault and 14 of assault, was sentenced to 23 years in prison. It was
one year longer than he’d been alive. The story made front page
headlines. Rex was a young, good looking sports coach at a highly
regarded boys’ school, with over 100 years of history. He had
molested, assaulted and choked a boarding house full of school boys
into silence and shame. He left behind a vacuum of devastation. His
response in court? It had been done to him, in the same way, at the
same school. Brutal School Ties uncovers the school’s culture of
violence and initiation, shrouded in a code of silence. It follows the
trail of broken lives the victims, the parents, the teachers, the
matron, the house master who killed himself. And Collan Rex, the
abuser. For the first time, they will break that code, so that the ties
that bind us do not have to gag us.
About the author
Sam Cowen is a household name in talk radio,
having graced the airways for almost three
decades on stations like 94.7, Radio 702 and
Hot 91.9. She is also the author of bestsellers
Waiting for Christopher and From Whisky to
Water. Brutal School Ties is her second
collaboration with maverick publisher, Melinda
Ferguson.
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New
Publication date: 26 June 2020
Price: R260,00
Pages: 250
Format: 234mm x 156mm
Binding: Paperback / softback
Category: Current affairs
ISBN13:
9781928421009
Edition: 1
Impression: 0
Digital Edition
Price: R208,00
Epub ISBN: 9781928421016
Mobi ISBN: 9781928421023
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