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    From Everything to Nothing and Back
    From Everything to Nothing and Back
    From Everything to Nothing and Back
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    From Everything to Nothing and Back

    By Mairi Speirs

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    What happened to the women who were forced to give up their children for adoption in the 1960s?

    The 15th of November is here again. With every passing year, this painful date burns at Nadia’s very core. In her late sixties, she sits alone in a café in London, looking out at the driving rain so often asso

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherelephantchance
    Release dateOct 29, 2018
    ISBN9781916454118
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