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A MOVING, HONEST MEMOIR FROM BROADCASTER AND JOURNALIST ASHLEY JOHN-BAPTISTE ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE BRITISH CARE SYSTEM



''This is a book that everyone must read. No matter how you grew up it''s for you: it''ll make you rethink your own childhood and your relationships with everyone you know. It''s funny, moving and of course it''s often sad. But mainly it''s a beautiful and fascinating and enlightening portrait of the care system, a world that is barely understood by many of us. It is also a proper page turner: the twists and turns and set-backs of his childhood are as gripping as they are shocking. I genuinely couldn''t put it down.

This story is more urgent and relevant now than ever.'' - Xand van Tulleken


''Ashley John-Baptiste joins a high class of writing by upstanding respectful and honourable citizens and professionals, professors and actors, lawyers, doctors, artists and authors, all who happen to have had a life in care. We h

Looked After

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 1/13/2024
      ISBN-13 9781399711920
      978-1399711920
      ISBN-10 139971192X
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      Memoirs

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A MOVING, HONEST MEMOIR FROM BROADCASTER AND JOURNALIST ASHLEY JOHN-BAPTISTE ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE BRITISH CARE SYSTEM



      ''This is a book that everyone must read. No matter how you grew up it''s for you: it''ll make you rethink your own childhood and your relationships with everyone you know. It''s funny, moving and of course it''s often sad. But mainly it''s a beautiful and fascinating and enlightening portrait of the care system, a world that is barely understood by many of us. It is also a proper page turner: the twists and turns and set-backs of his childhood are as gripping as they are shocking. I genuinely couldn''t put it down.

      This story is more urgent and relevant now than ever.'' - Xand van Tulleken


      ''Ashley John-Baptiste joins a high class of writing by upstanding respectful and honourable citizens and professionals, professors and actors, lawyers, doctors, artists and authors, all who happen to have had a life in care. We h

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