The Last Foundling: A little boy left behind, The mother who wanted him back - Couverture souple

Mackenzie

 
9781447253266: The Last Foundling: A little boy left behind, The mother who wanted him back
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ISBN 10 : 1447253264 ISBN 13 : 9781447253266
Editeur : Pan Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

When she fell pregnant in London in 1938, Jean knew that she couldn't keep her baby. The unmarried daughter of an elder in the Church of Scotland, she would shame her family if she returned to the north in such a condition. Scared and alone in a city on the brink of war, she begged the Foundling Hospital to give her baby the start in life that she could not.

The institution, which had been providing care for deserted infants since the eighteenth century, allowed Jean to nurse her son for nine weeks, leaving her heartbroken when the time came to let him go.

But little Tom knew nothing of her love as he grew up in the Foundling Hospital - which, during years of the Second World War, was more like a prison than a children's home. Locked in and subject to public canings and the sadistic whims of the older boys, there was no one to give him a hug, no one to wipe away his tears.

A true story of desertion and neglect, this is also a moving account of survival from one of the very last foundlings. It stands as a testament to the love that ultimately led a family back together.

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À propos de l'auteur

Tom H. Mackenzie was born in London in 1939 to an unmarried mother who entrusted him to the Foundling Hospital. He was one of the last children to be taken in by the Hospital after 200 years of institutional care. Following a spell in the army, he has worked in journalism and business and now writes a weekly column for the Plymouth Herald. He is the author of the moving true story The Last Foundling: A Little Boy Left Behind, The Mother Who Wanted Him Back. Tom is happily married and lives in Plymouth, Devon.

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Éditeur
Pan Macmillan
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1447253264
ISBN 13 
9781447253266
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
329
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Alive AG
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