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The Last Foundling
The Last Foundling: A little boy left behind, The mother who wanted him back | Tom H. Mackenzie
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When she fell pregnant in London in 1938, Jean knew that she couldn't keep her baby. The unmarried daughter of an elder in the Church of Scotland, she would shame her family if she returned to the north in such a condition. Scared and alone in a city on the brink of war, she begged the Foundling Hospital to give her baby the start in life that she could not. The institution, which had been providing care for deserted infants since the eighteenth century, allowed Jean to nurse her son for nine weeks, leaving her heartbroken when the time came to let him go. But little Tom knew nothing of her love as he grew up in the Foundling Hospital - which, during years of the Second World War, was more like a prison than a children's home. Locked in and subject to public canings and the sadistic whims of the older boys, there was no one to give him a hug, no one to wipe away his tears. A true story of desertion and neglect, this is also a moving account of survival from one of the very last foundlings. It stands as a testament to the love that ultimately led a family back together.
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This is a true story of a mother who gave up her child at the Foundling Hospital, during a hard time in hopes of getting him back at a later time.
The author of this book is the boy who's life your going to read about.
This little boy who knew nothing of his mother's love, being passed around orphan homes, being sent back because of some bad things that happened.
I loved this book, cried and cheered.

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