Life After Adoption: Revealing a Shocking Secret Kept for 60 Years

By June Horbury

When my adoptive father died, I was looking_x000D_
through his things and came across a shabby,_x000D_
old box which contained his legal documents,_x000D_
and there it was, my adoption certificate._x000D_
I always knew I was adopted but as soon as_x000D_
I saw my birth mother's name on this old_x000D_
piece of paper, something stirred inside me and I _x000D_
knew at that moment, I had to try and find her._x000D_
My husband told me to 'leave well alone' and_x000D_
in some respects he was right, as when I did find_x000D_
her I discovered a dreadful secret. I was_x000D_
devastated. But it didn't end there, as following_x000D_
her death some years later, another secret was_x000D_
revealed which shocked my family. Had my_x000D_
husband been right when he said, 'Leave well alone'?_x000D_
This story is told over eight decades from just_x000D_
before the start of World War 2 and depicts life_x000D_
and times from then until the present day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brown Dog Books
• Release date: Sep 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781839521836

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