{"product_id":"i-m-fine","title":"I’m Fine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"short-review w-richtext\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA true story of trust, betrayal and exploitation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Honest storytelling at its finest’ \u003cem\u003eAttitude\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"8c7d1169-5561-e107-fcff-df3f0239287f\" data-wf-id='[\"8c7d1169-5561-e107-fcff-df3f0239287f\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eIn 1996, at the age of fourteen, Richard Hall met a man who changed his life. Two and half decades later, he called the police. As a result, the man was jailed for twenty-two years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"e7b34e52-3311-3d14-1753-d5dd849be9cb\" data-wf-id='[\"e7b34e52-3311-3d14-1753-d5dd849be9cb\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eThis is the story of what came before the police: how a teenage boy who had been hounded at school because he was gay walked into a world where he thought he would be safe, but which he was too inexperienced to navigate. In his naïvety, he thought what happened next was normal, or somehow his fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"9770592f-7c27-9772-8961-e37186eb2401\" data-wf-id='[\"9770592f-7c27-9772-8961-e37186eb2401\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eIn a vivid, compellingly readable account, Hall recreates with unnerving frankness – and with surprising bursts of humour – the year in his childhood when the attention of older admirers went to his head, with lasting consequences for the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"aae62b21-0711-f0d6-a8ac-afbe0aa876bc\" data-wf-id='[\"aae62b21-0711-f0d6-a8ac-afbe0aa876bc\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e\u003cem data-w-id=\"5c08109d-0f80-0536-ab5b-1592cc28b47c\" data-wf-id='[\"5c08109d-0f80-0536-ab5b-1592cc28b47c\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003eI’m Fine\u003c\/em\u003e is not just the intensely moving story of one mixed-up boy’s private hell. It also stands as a powerful warning about predators operating with the impunity conferred on them by ‘community’ status.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"aae62b21-0711-f0d6-a8ac-afbe0aa876bc\" data-wf-id='[\"aae62b21-0711-f0d6-a8ac-afbe0aa876bc\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘An incredibly powerful memoir. The courage, fortitude and fire it takes to share a story of this magnitude is nothing short of miraculous’\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiriye Osman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘This visceral true story was at once so moving that I wanted to put it down and process its contents, but equally so gripping that I couldn’t stop reading. A testament to the author’s inner strength, this is honest storytelling at its finest’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAttitude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e’An exceptional coming-of-age story that is a damning exposé of those who seek to prey on us while we are learning who we are. Charming, engaging, funny, sad and real’ \u003cb\u003eBethany Clift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e horrifying true story of a safeguarding fail in an LGBT youth group’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBBC Radio Wiltshire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘All gay men should read this brave, compelling, important coming-of-age memoir for the unflinching light it shines on masculinity, gay identity, sexuality and power’ \u003cb\u003eNeil McKenna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Hall is funny, sharp-tongued, occasionally cruel – but never dishonest. Beneath the camp, there’s something fierce and aching. This is the story of survival, told without apology’ \u003cb\u003eRay Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Richard Hall has a written a real page-turner and a superb memoir. Vivid and intriguing, it’s very far from being a misery memoir because it manages the genius trick of keeping all hindsight out of it, and almost the entire account is written from the point of view of a 15-year-old unreliable narrator. It’s a massive achievement’ \u003cstrong\u003eAdam Macqueen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHardback: 320pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Eye (Aug 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785634239\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55776071319936,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/Draft1.jpg?v=1742031650","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/i-m-fine","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}