A true story of one girl's extraordinary childhood in wartime London - a classic tale of the triumph of the human spirit
A true story of one girl's extraordinary childhood in wartime London - a classic tale of the triumph of the human spirit
Born in 1931, Marian found peace and normality at the age of 16 on a farm in Cornwall, helped by her understanding and loving stepfather. She later married and lived in North London, becoming a mother to three and grandmother to seven. She eventually tracked down her sisters and brother. Sadly, Marian died in 2005 at the age of 74.
It was a childhood that might have broken most girls' spirits.
Marian defied fate, won her battle to survive and went straight
*Daily Mail*
Marian Hughes was rescued from the hell of a wartime orphanage by a
mentally unstable mother who turned her into a delinquent. In her
evocative autobiography, she describes how she survived a childhood
that would have broken the spirit of most young girls
*Peter Lewis*
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