Author: Mary Andrews Denison
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Nobody's Child, and Other Stories
Author: Mary Andrews Denison
Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Nobody's Child and Other Stories
Author: Caroline Snowden Guild
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Nobody's Child
Author: G. J. Urquhart
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750995085
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Your mother is dead and in a box with a lid on. You're not wanted, ' shouted the woman, stripping her of her clothes. Not quite four years old, Gloria was forcibly separated from baby brother Kevin, and entered the often brutal, but sometimes caring world of Rothwell Children's Home. Via the fostering process, Gloria spends weekends with a couple and, through them, meets two maiden 'aunts' who would remain true friends. Childhood years are filled with amazing twists and turns in her search for Kevin, ending with her mental breakdown. Incarcerated in an old Victorian-style institution, she is visited by two unfamiliar relatives, with whom she is forced to live. Aged twenty-one, Gloria starts independent living. Re-establishing her friendship with the two 'aunts', they reveal her father's identity. True love enters her life as she marries Robert Urquhart who continues to support her in her quest to find Kevin.This powerful memoir sheds light on what life was like in a 1950s children's home and follows the author in her compelling journey.
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750995085
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Your mother is dead and in a box with a lid on. You're not wanted, ' shouted the woman, stripping her of her clothes. Not quite four years old, Gloria was forcibly separated from baby brother Kevin, and entered the often brutal, but sometimes caring world of Rothwell Children's Home. Via the fostering process, Gloria spends weekends with a couple and, through them, meets two maiden 'aunts' who would remain true friends. Childhood years are filled with amazing twists and turns in her search for Kevin, ending with her mental breakdown. Incarcerated in an old Victorian-style institution, she is visited by two unfamiliar relatives, with whom she is forced to live. Aged twenty-one, Gloria starts independent living. Re-establishing her friendship with the two 'aunts', they reveal her father's identity. True love enters her life as she marries Robert Urquhart who continues to support her in her quest to find Kevin.This powerful memoir sheds light on what life was like in a 1950s children's home and follows the author in her compelling journey.
Nobody's Child
Author: G.J. Urquhart
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750996463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Not yet four years old, Gloria was forcibly separated from her baby brother Kevin and entered into the often-brutal world of the Rothwell Children's Home, where she found occasional moments of caring among the toughest of environments. In this book, we move through Gloria's childhood and learn of the deep friendship of two 'aunts' she meets during the fostering process, the twists and turns in her search for Kevin, her nervous breakdown and her incarceration in an old Victorian-style institution where Gloria is visited by two unfamiliar relatives, with whom she is forced to live. Aged twenty-one, Gloria starts independent living, allowing her to re-establish her friendship with her aunts, who reveal her father's identity. True love then follows as she meets and marries Robert Urquhart, who supports her unwaveringly in her desperate and passionate quest to find her brother. This powerful memoir sheds light on what life was like in a 1950s children's home and follows the author on her compelling journey to find happiness and a family of her own.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750996463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Not yet four years old, Gloria was forcibly separated from her baby brother Kevin and entered into the often-brutal world of the Rothwell Children's Home, where she found occasional moments of caring among the toughest of environments. In this book, we move through Gloria's childhood and learn of the deep friendship of two 'aunts' she meets during the fostering process, the twists and turns in her search for Kevin, her nervous breakdown and her incarceration in an old Victorian-style institution where Gloria is visited by two unfamiliar relatives, with whom she is forced to live. Aged twenty-one, Gloria starts independent living, allowing her to re-establish her friendship with her aunts, who reveal her father's identity. True love then follows as she meets and marries Robert Urquhart, who supports her unwaveringly in her desperate and passionate quest to find her brother. This powerful memoir sheds light on what life was like in a 1950s children's home and follows the author on her compelling journey to find happiness and a family of her own.
Regular New York Trade Sale of Books, Stereotype Plates & Stationery to be sold at auction ... Geo. A. Leavitt, Auctioneer ... commencing ... April 3, 1865, etc
Author: George Ayer Leavitt
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular
Author: Charles R. Rode
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette
Author:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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The President's Words a Selection of Passages from the Speeches, Addresses, and Letters of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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The President's Words
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Vermont School Journal and Family Visitor
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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