The Boy from Bogburn Lane: From Prison to Park Bench to Pulpit

The Boy from Bogburn Lane is one of the most honest accounts of someone's life that you will ever read. It is the story of a young man whose life almost slips from his grasp, often through no fault of his own yet he never blames or accuses. In this memoir, recounted throughout with candour and often with humour, we tread Les's path alongside him but it has to be said, there are moments when we wish he'd taken a different route. Eventually, he does start to turn things around, but even this is by no means straightforward. By the end of this remarkable book we are cheering Les on. There is a resonance here for anyone who has witnessed their own or someone close's life take on a downward spiral. This is an unflinching descent into those dark places and this narrative, so beautifully and clearly told to Lynette Sloane reveals how one man eventually found his own light.