Author: Sheila Tofield
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 1405911352
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Sheila Tofield tells her moving true story about being a single mother in 1950s Britain, in The Unmarried Mother. 'A searing, honest testimony' Lesley Pearse Sheila grew up in Rotherham, the daughter of an uncaring mother who made her believe she was useless, stupid and - most painfully of all - unlovable. As a young woman, her worst childhood fears were confirmed when her fiancé broke off their engagement without an explanation. Heartbroken and vulnerable, Sheila was easy prey to the worst type of man - a man who turned his back on her when she told him she was carrying his child. In Fifties Britain, an unmarried, pregnant girl received,not sympathy but censure and contempt. Shunned by most of her family, Sheila ended up in a Church of England home for unmarried mothers, with no apparent alternative than to give up her child for adoption. But when she held her newborn daughter in her arms for the first time, Sheila knew she had to do the unthinkable: bring up her baby on her own in a society that would condemn her for it. Sheila Tofield is a proud grandmother living in Chichester and The Unmarried Mother is her first book. Her touching story was picked up by Penguin when she entered the hugely successful life story competition with Saga Magazine.
Author: Sheila Tofield
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 1405911352
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Sheila Tofield tells her moving true story about being a single mother in 1950s Britain, in The Unmarried Mother. 'A searing, honest testimony' Lesley Pearse Sheila grew up in Rotherham, the daughter of an uncaring mother who made her believe she was useless, stupid and - most painfully of all - unlovable. As a young woman, her worst childhood fears were confirmed when her fiancé broke off their engagement without an explanation. Heartbroken and vulnerable, Sheila was easy prey to the worst type of man - a man who turned his back on her when she told him she was carrying his child. In Fifties Britain, an unmarried, pregnant girl received,not sympathy but censure and contempt. Shunned by most of her family, Sheila ended up in a Church of England home for unmarried mothers, with no apparent alternative than to give up her child for adoption. But when she held her newborn daughter in her arms for the first time, Sheila knew she had to do the unthinkable: bring up her baby on her own in a society that would condemn her for it. Sheila Tofield is a proud grandmother living in Chichester and The Unmarried Mother is her first book. Her touching story was picked up by Penguin when she entered the hugely successful life story competition with Saga Magazine.
Author: Mrs. Mabel Higgins Mattingly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Author: Social Welfare Research, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Author: Reba Estelle Choate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
Author: Elizabeth Herzog
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prenatal care
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Author: National Conference on Social Welfare
Publisher:
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Category : Unmarried mothers
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Author: Virginia Wimperis
Publisher: London : Published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen & Unwin
ISBN:
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Author: Emmy Gichinga
Publisher: Uzima Publishing House
ISBN: 9789966855398
Category : Teenage girls
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Author: Sara (Boudin) Edlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lakeview Home, Staten Island, N.Y.
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Author: United States. Children's Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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