Darling Baby Mine: A Son's Extraordinary Search for His Mother - Couverture souple

De St. Jorre, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0704374404 ISBN 13 : 9780704374409

Editeur : Quartet Books, 2017

Synopsis

This is a heartbreaking, beautifully written memoir about tragic loss, a family mystery, a son's faith and his long quest to find his absent mother. Darling Baby Mine is the dramatic and moving story of John's search for his mother, who disappeared when he was just four years old following the disintegration of his parents' marriage. Growing up, it was as if she had never existed - he didn't even know her name. The only image he had of her was the vague memory of a woman smoking and laughing. Then, as an adult, he tried to track her down. After surmounting many obstacles, including his father's implacable silence and his own doubts and fears, John finally found her in a UK mental institution where she had been held for thirty-five years. He was then faced with trying to re-establish the deepest of human relationships: the bond between a mother and her child.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John de St. Jorre is the author of 13 previous books including The Good Ship Venus, a history of the Olympia Press. He was a foreign correspondent for the Observer and worked at MI6 for five years. He lives in Rhode Island.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quartet Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0704374404
• ISBN 13: 9780704374409
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible