Marjorie Her War Years

A British Home Child in Canada

Nonfiction, History, Canada, British, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Patricia Skidmore ISBN: 9781459741683
Publisher: Dundurn Publication: August 11, 2018
Imprint: Dundurn Language: English
Author: Patricia Skidmore
ISBN: 9781459741683
Publisher: Dundurn
Publication: August 11, 2018
Imprint: Dundurn
Language: English
  • Biography of a British girl, split from her family by a wartime emigration program, learning to cope with her hard new life in Canada
  • Set during 1939-1942, as Marjorie copes with the loss of her family, her country, her roots, and her identity while Canada goes to war
  • A harsh critique of the “Home Children” child migration scheme under which more than 100,000 children were sent from the UK to Britain’s then-colonies
  • Australia apologized for its role in the Home Children program in 2009; Britain formally apologized the next year; Canada has stated that it will not apologize for the program
  • Author is Marjorie’s daughter
  • Foreword by former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
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