This Is Where You Have To Go

Holden, Lynda, Tuscano, Jo
This Is Where You Have To Go

This Is Where You Have To Go

Holden, Lynda, Tuscano, Jo

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150,000 adoptions took place in Australia between 1950 and 1975. It is estimated that one in 15 was forced. Proud Dhunghutti woman, laywer, human rights advocate and former midwife Lynda Holden tells her own heartbreaking story and of her fight for justice.

In 1970, Lynda was eighteen, unmarried and pregnant when she was forced to give her baby up for adoption. She was sent by a doctor to a Catholic girls' home for unmarried mothers, and told she'd have no hope of keeping her child because she was Aboriginal.

After twenty-six years, Lynda was finally able to make contact with her lost son - but the much wished for reunion didn't go well. When she looked into the adoption records, she found a web of lies - lies about her family, the baby's father, her 'consent' for the adoption - and her Indigenous heritage had been completely erased.

So began a quest for justice: Lynda took on the Catholic Church in an attempt to right the wrongs of the past. In this incredibly powerful memoir, she sheds light on the lasting impacts of forced adoption on mothers, children and their families, and gives voice to the countless women who have been silenced for generations.

Author:   Holden, Lynda, Tuscano, Jo
Publisher:   Pantera Press
ISBN:  

9780645818079


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 February 2024
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.

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150,000 adoptions took place in Australia between 1950 and 1975. It is estimated that one in 15 was forced. Proud Dhunghutti woman, laywer, human rights advocate and former midwife Lynda Holden tells her own heartbreaking story and of her fight for justice.

In 1970, Lynda was eighteen, unmarried and pregnant when she was forced to give her baby up for adoption. She was sent by a doctor to a Catholic girls' home for unmarried mothers, and told she'd have no hope of keeping her child because she was Aboriginal.

After twenty-six years, Lynda was finally able to make contact with her lost son - but the much wished for reunion didn't go well. When she looked into the adoption records, she found a web of lies - lies about her family, the baby's father, her 'consent' for the adoption - and her Indigenous heritage had been completely erased.

So began a quest for justice: Lynda took on the Catholic Church in an attempt to right the wrongs of the past. In this incredibly powerful memoir, she sheds light on the lasting impacts of forced adoption on mothers, children and their families, and gives voice to the countless women who have been silenced for generations.

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Author:   Holden, Lynda, Tuscano, Jo
Publisher:   Pantera Press
ISBN:  

9780645818079


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 February 2024
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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