Marjorie Her War Years
A British Home Child in Canada
Nonfiction, History, Canada, British, Biography & Memoir
| 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
- 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
