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by Hunter Davies (Author) "William John Hodder was known by his family as Wills, which conjures up an upper-class, princely image, despite the fact that he spent his life..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 346 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (21 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0316860581
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316860581
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Relative Strangers is a history of adoption in Britain, and the true-life tale of the seventy-one-year-old Hodder triplets. The book tells the unique and moving story of how the triplets, adopted as babies in 1932, were reunited in June 2001 - the first time the three of them had been together since their birth. Their life stories and how they found each other again are interspersed with the story of adoption, which began as a legal phenomenon in the UK in 1926. The book also describes the twenty-five-year legal battle fought by NORCAP (the National Organisation for the Counselling of Children and Parents) to change the adoption laws, which helped to bring the triplets, and other adoptees, together again. Hunter Davies is one of Britain's most sympathetic and thoughtful interviewers, and the author of over thirty books. He has interviewed the triplets at length and has had access through NORCAP to other case histories, which are themselves profoundly affecting
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Searcher's Review, 13 Oct 2003
Hunter Davies traces the history of the fractured family,Hodder, from their dissolution following the death of the mother on birth of triplets (in 1932)to their,eventual,re-unification seventy years later. The chapters of the Hodder history are interspersed with chapters tracing the history of adoption and its legalisation in this country. By relating the process of parliamentary law enactment to personalities,from Thomas Barnardo to Pam Hodgkins of National Organisationfor Counselling Adoptees and Parents (NORCAP), he gives the book the feel of a novel. He shows a sympathetic understanding of all the characters in the book and has a good insight into the joys and problems of both adopters and adoptees. The book is essentially a story of joyful re-unification though there is a brief and necessary reference to the fact that sucessful tracing of biolgical roots may not always be joyful at all. The back of the book has an appendix with useful agencies and further reading for those who wish to establish 'their roots' or are considering adoption. To sum up this is a useful factual book in the format of an enjoyable read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating story clearly told, 8 Nov 2008
Fascinating story of triplets born in 1932. Mother died day after and father who had six further children put them up for adoption. They went to three separate - and different - families. They meet again aged sixty-nine. Hunter Davies tells story with sensitivity and a good historical perspective. It involved considerable detective work and determination.
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