Q&A Richard Rhodes Chronicler of conflict

摘要

An early encounter with violence - a stepmother who abused and starved my older brother and me. Fortunately, when I was 12 and he was 13, my brother had the courage to go to the police. We were removed to a private boys' home on a farm near Independence, Missouri. I gained 14 kilos in three months. There was something immensely healing about the natural processes that sustained us on that farm, from planting potatoes to butchering animals.