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Mackenzie, Tom H., 1939-
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Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Foundlings -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Orphans -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Adult child abuse victims -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Mackenzie, Tom H., 1939-
Mackenzie, Tom H., 1939-
Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Foundlings -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Orphans -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Adult child abuse victims -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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The last foundling / Tom H. Mackenzie.
by
Mackenzie, Tom H., 1939-
Pan Books, 2014.
Call #:
362.76092 M157L
Subjects
Mackenzie, Tom H., 1939-
Foundling
Hospital
(
London
,
England
)
Foundlings -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Orphans -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Adult child abuse victims -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781447253266 (pbk.)
Description:
306 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Summary:
"A deeply moving memoir from one of the last
children
to be taken in by the Foundling
Hospital
,
London
. 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."--From publisher.
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Memoirs.
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