by Gordon Lewis, Andrew Crofts · Harper Element · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780008127336
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«Secret Child» is the memoir by Gordon Lewis and Andrew Crofts, published by Harper Element in paperback (320 pages, in English).
A true account of Gordon Lewis's childhood, born in a Catholic home for unmarried mothers in 1950s Dublin. His mother hides him from her own family to raise him; both live marked by poverty and isolation. The solidarity of other women and the hope of reuniting with his family accompany him to 1960s London.
Published on April 23, 2015 by Harper Element (an imprint of HarperCollins), it is a non-fiction work classified as memoir and true stories, set between Dublin and London.
For readers of memoirs and true stories of overcoming adversity, with an interest in 20th-century Ireland and themes of family, adoption and fostering.
Lord Lewis Gordon, also known as Lord Ludovick Gordon, was a Scottish nobleman, naval officer and Jacobite, remembered largely for participating in the Jacobite rising of 1745, during which Charles Edward Stuart appointed him Lord-lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire.
