The forgotten child : the powerful true story of a boy abandoned as a baby and left to die
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- ISBN: 9780008320775
- ISBN: 0008320772
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource : illustrations. - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [London] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.
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Subject: | Gallear, Richard -- Childhood and youth Abandoned children -- Great Britain Child abuse -- Great Britain Foster home care -- Great Britain -- History |
Genre: | Electronic books. Downloadable audio books. |
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Summary:
Based on a true story, The Forgotten Child is a heart-breaking memoir of an abandoned newborn baby left to die, his tempestuous upbringing, and how he came through the other side. It's a freezing winter's night in 1954. A baby boy, a few hours old, is left by his mother, wrapped in nothing but two sheets of newspaper and hidden amongst the undergrowth by a canal bank. An hour later, a late-shift postman is walking wearily home when he hears a faint cry. He finds the newspaper parcel and discovers the newborn, white-cold and whimpering, inside. After being rushed to hospital and against all odds, the baby survives. He's baptised by the hospital chaplain as Richard.Everything feels as though it's looking up; Richard is put into local authority care and regains his health. However, after nearly five blissful years in a rural care home filled with loving friends, it soon unfolds that his turbulent start in life is only the beginning... Based on a devastating true story, this inspirational memoir follows Richard's traumatic birth, abusive childhood, and search for the truth.