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008			090424s2009 nz af 000 0aeng
020			_a9781877340215 (pbk.) : _c$29.99
020			_a9781877340215 (pbk.)
020			_a1877340219 (pbk.)
035			_a(NLNZils)1331165
035			_a(OCoLC)319692256
035			_a(Nz)12876906
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn319692256
035			_a(NZ-POP)156877
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100	1		_aJones, Ruth, _d1928-
245	1	3	_aAn improper daughter / _cRuth Jones.
260			_aAuckland, N.Z. : _bCape Catley, _c2009.
300			_a231 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c20 cm.
500			_a"The true story of a remarkable search"--Cover.
520			_aIn 1928, as a 10-day-old baby she was left at a children's home with a note: Her name is Ruth. For more than a decade, this was the only information Ruth had about her family. Then, a chance finding of a slip of paper in the orphanage's attic gives a vital clue as to who her mother is, and changes her life forever. This moving and poignant memoir is a closely observed story of social attitudes in the 1930s and society's treatment of children at that time. Ruth - who is 81 in May - was motivated by a deep awareness of what it means to 'not belong to anybody' in the search for the truth about her family. She began collecting random and improbable clues that would one day lead her across the world to find her mother. With indomitable spirit, humour and a keen eye for events and attitudes, Ruth Jones opens up a world so very different from a normal childhood. An Improper Daughter - the result of almost 70 years of sleuthing - has so many extraordinary twists and turns that it could almost pass as a detective story. But it is true.
600	1	0	_aJones, Ruth, _d1928-
650		0	_aAbandoned children _zEngland _vBiography.
650		0	_aOrphanages _zEngland.
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