<p>Two forcibly segregated, separate sex, and rurally isolated schools are inhabited by malevolent masters, petrified pupils, more-kindly matrons, and a handful of true heroes ¿ including The Ice Cream Terrorist.</p><p>This titanic tale of redemption shows how pupils and staff ¿ blighted by dysfunctional, post-war, orphanage schools in Britain ¿ escape and reform the brutal system.</p><p>Join their journey through school suffering, then on a road trip to a coastal idyll full of kindness, safety, and real-life skills, and eventually different lives. Free from oppression with more enlightened care, they create progressive futures.</p><p>Mike Leaver¿s epic saga spans two decades, England and Wales, and many major themes of 20th century life ¿ such as homelessness, rebelliousness, lesbian love, and loyalty.</p><p>Mike is really experienced at escaping from State boarding school, and so aspects of his personal life feature ¿ and are sometimes exaggerated ¿ in the travails and adventures of