Spellbound : My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith - Phil Hanley Pages:304 pages, 8-pg. black-and-white photographic insert and printed endpapers suffering with depression so severe

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Spellbound : My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith - Phil Hanley Pages:304 pages, 8-pg. black-and-white photographic insert and printed endpapers suffering with depression so severeWhen Phil Hanley was in year one at school, he realised something that would forever set him apart from his peers: he couldn't read. His teachers were ill equipped to assist him, and he slipped through the school's cracks, year by year falling further and further behind his friends. Finally, he was diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disability that would shape the rest of his life. Unable to pursue college or a traditional job, Phil was thrust into a