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"'This true story of loss, guilt, identity, family feuds, reunion and redemption is one that will move all who read it' - The Sun 'Enthralling and informative' - Woman and Home 'A marvellous book' - Bernard Cornwell 'The human face of the skeleton in every family's cupboard' - Anna Raeburn, writer and broadcaster"
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A moving memoir of one woman's search for her birth mother, with a fascinating history of adoption in the UK weaved throughout
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Sue Elliott's odyssey to discover her birth mother, leads her into much more than she bargained for. But this is not just a personal and emotional journey, Sue's story is skilfully interwoven with a fascinating and at times disturbing social history of adoption, and with the personal testimonies of many women who had to give up their babies for adoption against their will. It's hard to stay dry-eyed as the enormity of the impact on so many lives - the birth mothers, the adoptee parents and the adopted children - is explored with great sensitivity and understanding. The moving and colourful story of Sue's own adoption and reunion with her birth mother is told with frankness, warmth and humour. It will resonate with anyone involved in adoption and surprise others with aspects of adoption to which most of us have given little thought.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An extremely passionately and movingly written book that accompanies the TV series that went out on ITV during January. Anyone who has been adopted should read this as the author, Sue Elliott, not only tells a fascinating tale of how adoption has changed since the late 1800`s but she also cleverly weaves a true story about her adoption into the narrative. The author has done herself and her contributors proud. If you read just one book this year, this should be it.....
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A delight -- full of good qualities and good things. The stories Sue Elliott has to tell are utterly absorbing. The way she intertwines her personal story with social history is beautifully judged, and both strands are equally rewarding to read. On the personal side, this is a great story, told with wit and wisdom, and with a good eye for the chapter-end cliff-hanger. And on the social-history side, ‘Love Child’ gives a fascinating introduction to the legal, social, and moral complexities which shaped the history of adoption across the 20th century.
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The journey of discovering an adopted sibling
Very unexpectedly I am embarking on a search to find an adopted sibling and I was recommended to read this book by an adoption agency to prepare me for what I may discover. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miss B. Walters
love child
Good book to give you an insight into how adoption and the laws have changed. Would recommend this book to anyone interested in adoption also gives a narrative of personal... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. Andrea Southall
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I sent for this book for my husband. It was recommended to him by the social worker, who has just told him he has a sister that he never knew existed, after 65 years. Read more
Published 13 months ago by P. Hudson
Fascinating
This was a fascinating read, not a 'misery memoir' in any way, a personal story entwined with social history. Some of the stories that she relates had me in tears at times. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Lincs Reader
Lucy Wilkinson
This is a wonderfully written and touching personal account of the author's adoption set in the context of the history of adoption in England. Read more
Published on 25 May 2010 by MLN Wilkinson
Love Child: a moving and revealing exploration of adoption
The history of adoption in the UK makes disturbing reading – babies wrenched from their mothers' arms, mothers declared ‘mad’ and dispatched to... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2006 by Wendy Sender
This is a winner !
A riveting account of one womans story of love loss reunion and conclusion. This is an emotional journey that contains many surprises but one which closes with a question that... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2006
Review of Love Child
This is an enjoyable, readable and powerfully emotional book, that takes the reader not only on a journey with the author as she explores the story of her own adoption but also... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2006
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