The Baby Box
A True Story
Published on 16. January 2019
200 pages
978-1-78901-935-3 (ISBN)
Description
My mother simply wanted an obedient daughter who
would skip the teenage years; jumping from an innocent
child to a virgin bride. No matter how I looked at it,
my mother and I were at war.
A move to London offers a teenage dream of heady
encounters and freedom with a new circle of friends.
Defying the rules brings a shock which reveals how little
a daughter understands her mother's fear of disgrace.
Jane is isolated in a way we could never imagine today,
but which offers her hope in unexpected ways.
The Baby Box is a frank and compelling memoir,
set in the 1960s. A true story, kept secret for fifty years.
would skip the teenage years; jumping from an innocent
child to a virgin bride. No matter how I looked at it,
my mother and I were at war.
A move to London offers a teenage dream of heady
encounters and freedom with a new circle of friends.
Defying the rules brings a shock which reveals how little
a daughter understands her mother's fear of disgrace.
Jane is isolated in a way we could never imagine today,
but which offers her hope in unexpected ways.
The Baby Box is a frank and compelling memoir,
set in the 1960s. A true story, kept secret for fifty years.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Leicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Troubador Publishing
File size
1,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78901-935-3 (9781789019353)
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Person
Jane Hayward writes long and short fiction. Her first novel, a romance, was published by Robert Hale. Her dark tale The Way to a Man's Heart won the Lightship prize, published in their Anthology 1 by Alma Press. Her stories have been short-listed by Comma Press and The Liar's League and published by independent publishers. An excerpt from an early draft of this memoir was short-listed for the Fish Short Memoir Prize.
