About this title: In late 1942, a brief advert was placed in the "Reading Mercury", a newspaper for the local area, reading: 'Wanted: Home for Baby Boy, Age 1 Month; Complete Surrender'. Two weeks later, on the deserted platform of Reading railway station, a young couple who had read the advert were to fleetingly meet the mother of this baby boy as she passed the child over to them.The reasons for the surrender of her child were never explained. The boy, Dave Sharp, grew up happily with his adoptive parents, the light of their eyes, never knowing the full story of his parentage. A chance discovery some sixty ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: UK: John Blake, 2008. 9781844545827
ISBN-13:9781844545827ISBN:1844545822
Description: Foreword by Ian McEwan, first edition hardback with dust wrapper. 9.5" x 6.25", xxiii + 263 pages. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. Like new. VG+/VG+. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Blake
Date Published: 2008-11-01
ISBN-13:9781844545827ISBN:1844545822
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Blake, UK
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781844545827ISBN:1844545822
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