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In My Mother's Hands

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Poignant and moving memoir of Elizabeth Ward, known to one and all as Biff, who grew up in the 1950s in a household that tiptoed around her mother's demons and her father's fame.

There are secrets in this family. Before Biff and her younger brother, Mark, there was baby Alison, who drowned in her bath because, it was said, her mother was distracted. Biff too, lives in fear of her mother's irrational behaviour and paranoia, and she is always on guard and fears for the safety of her brother. As Biff grows into teenage hood, there develops a conspiratorial relationship between her and her father, who is a famous and gregarious man, trying to keep his wife's problems a family secret. This was a time when the insane were committed and locked up in Dickensian institutions; whatever his problems her father was desperate to save his wife from that fate. But also to protect his children from the effects of living with a tragically disturbed mother.

In My Mother's Hands is a beautifully written and emotionally perplexing coming-of-age true story about growing up in an unusual family.


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Publisher: Allen & Unwin

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  • ISBN: 9781743437667
  • Release date: June 4, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781743437667
  • File size: 1985 KB
  • Release date: June 4, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781743437667
  • File size: 2170 KB
  • Release date: June 4, 2014

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Poignant and moving memoir of Elizabeth Ward, known to one and all as Biff, who grew up in the 1950s in a household that tiptoed around her mother's demons and her father's fame.

There are secrets in this family. Before Biff and her younger brother, Mark, there was baby Alison, who drowned in her bath because, it was said, her mother was distracted. Biff too, lives in fear of her mother's irrational behaviour and paranoia, and she is always on guard and fears for the safety of her brother. As Biff grows into teenage hood, there develops a conspiratorial relationship between her and her father, who is a famous and gregarious man, trying to keep his wife's problems a family secret. This was a time when the insane were committed and locked up in Dickensian institutions; whatever his problems her father was desperate to save his wife from that fate. But also to protect his children from the effects of living with a tragically disturbed mother.

In My Mother's Hands is a beautifully written and emotionally perplexing coming-of-age true story about growing up in an unusual family.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Allen & Unwin

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781743437667
    Release date: June 4, 2014

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781743437667
    File size: 1985 KB
    Release date: June 4, 2014

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781743437667
    File size: 2170 KB
    Release date: June 4, 2014

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English