Bad Behaviour: A Memoir of Bullying and Boarding School. by Starford, Rebecca - 2015

Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2015. Paperback octavo, very good condition, front cover little creased, minor edgewear corners & spine. 253 pp. The author tells her story about spending a year at a boarding school in the bush, at the age of fourteen. The 16 girls were left largely unsupervised, they were a mixture of badly-behaved students and some of the most socially vulnerable. The author joined up with the powerful girls, becoming part of the games - and later a victim of various types of bullying and aggression. In the book, she explains how those experiences affected her as an adult and shaped her future relationships. (1 of 2 available copies.).