There is more to Frances Sinnett's secret pain than the loss of her children - including the author - to an orphanage. Battalions of sorrows begin when her grandfather at 11 years old is imprisoned on a hulk in 1865. Then comes Gallipoli and the Somme. Her father's war does not stop when the guns fall silent. The family is ripped apart by trauma, alcoholism, violence and betrayal at home. State intervention makes matters worse. Meticulous research by historian Golding finds more than 30 Sinnett children in institutions over five generations. Has the cycle been broken at last?
By:
Frank Golding Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 398g ISBN:9781923068759 ISBN 10: 192306875X Publication Date:07 March 2024 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
