Empty Cradles
- 作者
- 出版社 Corgi Adult
- 出版时间 2011年9月
- ISBN 9780552165327
- 定价 139.40
内容简介
In1986MargaretHumphreys,aNottinghamsocialworker,investigatedawoman'sclaimthat,agedfour,shehadbeenputonaboattoAustraliabytheBritishgovernment.Atfirstincredulous,Margaretdiscoveredthatthiswasjustthetipofanenormousiceberg.Upto150,000children,someasyoungasthreeyearsold,hadbeendeportedfromchildren'shomesinBritainandshippedofftoa'newlife'indistantpartsoftheEmpire,rightupuntilasrecentlyas1970.Manyweretoldthattheirparentsweredead,andparentsweretoldthattheirchildrenhadbeenadopted.Infact,formanychildrenitwastobealifeofhorrendousphysicalandsexualabusefarawayfromeverythingtheyknew.Margaretandherteamreunitedthousandsoffamiliesbeforeitwastoolate,broughtauthoritiestoaccount,andworldwideattentiontoanoutrageousmiscarriageofjustice.
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