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Call Me Auntie - Anne Harrison - Bog

- My Childhood in Care and My Search for My Mother

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A truly original story of life in and after care. The author's own account of being left behind by her mother as a one year old and her life in foster homes and institutions. When eventually traced, 'Call Me Auntie' was the best her mother could offer, but this was just the start of a bizarre sequence of events.Call Me Auntie is a telling account of abandonment, 'Heartbreak House' care homes, family history and survival. It is also one of resilience and personal achievement as the author discovered she also had a brother left behind in the same way, forged a professional career, searched for her long lost relatives in Barbados and eventually came to understand that she 'may be a princess after all'.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781904380894
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 148
  • Udgivet:
  • 7. oktober 2020
  • Størrelse:
  • 234x156x13 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 367 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 7. december 2024

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  • BLACK NOVEMBER

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A truly original story of life in and after care. The author's own account of being left behind by her mother as a one year old and her life in foster homes and institutions. When eventually traced, 'Call Me Auntie' was the best her mother could offer, but this was just the start of a bizarre sequence of events.Call Me Auntie is a telling account of abandonment, 'Heartbreak House' care homes, family history and survival. It is also one of resilience and personal achievement as the author discovered she also had a brother left behind in the same way, forged a professional career, searched for her long lost relatives in Barbados and eventually came to understand that she 'may be a princess after all'.

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