Description
| Product ID: | 9780008320768 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Forgotten Child |
| Subtitle: | The Powerful True Story of a Boy Abandoned as a Baby and Left to Die |
| Authors: | Author: Richard Gallear |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Child abuse, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Child abuse |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-03-21 |