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In the family way : illegitimacy between the Great War and the swinging sixties

Robinson, Jane, 1959-2016
Books, Manuscripts
Only a generation or two ago, illegitimacy was one of the most shameful things that could happen in a family. This book tells secrets kept for entire lifetimes - long-silent voices from the workhouse, the Magdalene Laundry or the distant mother-and-baby home. Anonymous childhoods are recalled, spent in the care of Dr Barnardo or a Child Migration scheme halfway across the world.
Author:
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2016.
Collation:
xvi, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Viking, 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241962916 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.8743209410904306.87432306.8743306.874320
LC class:
HQ999
Local class:
306.874
Language:
English
BRN:
1446749
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