THE BOOK A Childhood Crushed
A true story of childhood, care and discovery
For more than seventy years Roger Roberts believed he understood the events that shaped his childhood.
Then he opened the files.
Based upon official child welfare records, personal memories and family research, A Childhood Crushed provides a rare first-hand account of growing up within the child welfare system during post-war Britain.
The book explores:
Foster care
Family separation
Childhood identity
Child welfare systems
Family history
Adoption issues
Emotional neglect
The search for truth
At its heart lies a simple question:
What happens when a child grows up without knowing the full story of their own life?
Part memoir, part social history and part investigation, A Childhood Crushed offers a unique insight into a period of British history rarely described through the eyes of those who lived it.
