The last orphan : when a journey of hope turns into a nightmare
Wade, Rex2019
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'The truth is that I never did know my mother - my mum - and now I don't even know what happened to her after she had left us, what became of her - even whether she is now alive or dead. She gave life to me and, not long after, she went away. I was probably 3 when I last saw her. My dad died soon after. And then it was just me and my two brothers Kevin and Brucie left to fend for ourselves in a big band world. We didn't - and couldn't - possibly know then, as defenceless little kids, just how big, and just how bad it was." But we were about to find out. So begins a life-long journey for Rex, who at the age of 11 left the children's home in Cornwall along with his brother, and travelled to Australia on the promise of a better life. It was the early 1970s and the two boys were believed to be the last orphans to be transported under the Child Migrants Programme.
Main title:
Author:
Wade, Rex, author
Imprint:
London : Mirror Books, 2019.
Collation:
x, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781912624324 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
362.77912B WAD
Language:
English
Subject:
Wade, RexOrphans -- Great Britain -- BiographyAdult child abuse victims -- Great Britain -- BiographyImmigrant children -- Great Britain -- BiographyImmigrant children -- Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryImmigrant children -- Institutional care -- Australia -- History -- 20th centuryBiography
BRN:
398146