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Updated edition of this moving memoir of one woman's search for her birth mother, with a fascinating history of adoption in the UK woven throughout. It includes fascinating, in-depth personal testimonies from adopters, adoptees, birth mothers, carers, social workers etc and offers an accessible approach to a subject that is often given either a 'tear-jerker' approach or more academic treatment.
Synopsis
When mother and daughter meet, Sue thinks she has finally reached the end of her journey. Then Sue discovers she wasn't the only baby her mother gave away...
