I am embarassed for waiting so long to listen to and post about this story. Barry is an amazing podcaster, amazing editor, amazing narrator - and amazing author as well.
I had only a couple small problems with this story: one issue was how the narrator made implicit his desire for normalcy. I think that was pretty apparent - especially with such great lines as the one about wanting to be able to go back as an adult and shake everyone and yell at them. That sort of 20/20 hindsight into childhood - or the past - is something we all experience. I liked this story in that way: we all wish we could have acted differently. But back then, we were different people - we could not have acted differently even if we wanted to. That's the real tragedy - and the real horror.
And, the lucky bastard, he got Ian Stuart as a narrator. Excellent job from Ian, as usual.