Call Me Auntie
My Childhood in Care and My Search for My Mother
Published on 7. October 2020
Book
Hardback
148 pages
978-1-904380-89-4 (ISBN)
Description
A truly original story of life in and after care. The author's own account of being left behind by her mother as a one year old and her life in foster homes and institutions. When eventually traced, 'Call Me Auntie' was the best her mother could offer, but this was just the start of a bizarre sequence of events.
Call Me Auntie is a telling account of abandonment, 'Heartbreak House' care homes, family history and survival. It is also one of resilience and personal achievement as the author discovered she also had a brother left behind in the same way, forged a professional career, searched for her long lost relatives in Barbados and eventually came to understand that she 'may be a princess after all'.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Winchester
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904380-89-4 (9781904380894)
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Person
Anne Harrison was brought up in care. She was a shop assistant before she joined the Warwickshire Police. From there she became a residential social worker and social care manager for local authorities in the West Midlands and Warwickshire. She lives with her husband in Coventry.