In the Family Way Illegitimacy Between the Great War and the Swinging Sixties
In the Family Way Illegitimacy Between the Great War and the Swinging Sixties
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Request this book Only a generation or two ago, illegitimacy was one of the most shameful things that could happen in a family. In the Family Way tells secrets kept for entire lifetimes: long-silent voices from the workhouse, the Magdalene Laundry or the distant mother-and-baby home. Anonymous childhoods are recalled, spent in the care of Dr Barnardo or a Child Migration scheme halfway across the world. There are sorrowful stories in this book, but it is also about hope: about supportive families who welcomed 'love-children' home, or those who were parted and are now reconciled. Most of all, In the Family Way is about finally telling the truth.
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Paperback, 4th Edition
ISBN13: 9780241962916
Penguin, 2016
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