As If I Was a Real Boy: The Story of How Gordon, Who Was 10 and Living in a Psychiatric Hospital, Was Adopted by Jeannie - Softcover

MacKenzie, Gordon; Mackenzie, Jeannie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907585249 ISBN 13: 9781907585241

Verlag: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), 2011

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Reseña del editor:

The first time I visited my new home...I knew that this was the home for me...When she showed me the room that was to be mine, I kept saying, It s just as if I was a real boy! It was as if I was a real boy who had a home and a family of his own. This was all new to me...

That moment, as Gordon says, opened the key to Jeannie's heart and she decided to adopt him.

But their new family would not be without its problems. Gordon was 10 years old, and had been living in a psychiatric hospital for three years, with undiagnosed mental health issues. Jeannie was adopting as a single parent, with all the challenges this can bring. But together, they built a loving family. In this moving account, mother and son look back at the way in which adoption changed two lives for the better.

Biografía del autor:

Gordon Mackenzie was born in Scotland and adopted at the age of 10. He now lives in a small town in the Canadian prairies and has two children.

Jeannie Mackenzie was born in Scotland and has no intention of leaving it. She has been a teacher and worked at a senior level in one of Scotland s leading education authorities, and has published in the field of education.

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• Verlag: British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1907585249
• ISBN 13: 9781907585241
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112