Marjorie Too Afraid to Cry: A Home Child Experience Contributor(s): Skidmore, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459703391 ISBN-13: 9781459703391 Publisher: Dundurn Group (CA) OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.2" W x 8.61" (1.06 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Canadian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When Marjorie's daughter began exploring archival records involving Britain's child-migration program, a home-child saga emerged. Marjorie Arnison was one of the thousands of children removed from their families, communities, and country and placed in a British colony or commonwealth to provide white stock and cheap labour. In Marjorie's case, she was sent to Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, just north of Victoria, British Columbia, in 1937. As a child, Patricia was angered that her mother wouldn't talk about the past. It took many years to discover why - it wasn't because she was keeping a dark secret, but because she had lost her childhood. |
Contributor Bio(s): Skidmore, Patricia: - Patricia Skidmore is the daughter of a British child migrant. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. |