This autobiographical account records events that unfolded during the particularly dynamic cultural revolution of the fifties, sixties and early seventies. This was the post-war era when the Church slowly began to lose its influence over the day-to-day life of ordinary folk. Furthermore, Dr Spock's ideas about childcare began to encourage parents to be less rigid and more affectionate with their children and to treat them as individuals. This contrasted with the authoritarian style of parenting which had hitherto demanded absolute obedience and offered little, if any, affection. Such...
This autobiographical account records events that unfolded during the particularly dynamic cultural revolution of the fifties, sixties and early seven...
Fanny and Victorian Jack is the first of a series of books written especially for children. Fanny has Asperger's syndrome and is passionate about nature. Jack appears from Victorian London and shows Fanny a world of poverty and hardship that she could never have envisaged. Fanny desperately wants to help Jack and his family find a way out of the poverty they are in. Hesitatingly, she begins to explore what she can do to help but not before tragedy strikes Jack's family. Fanny found that it is the things that we often throw away that became the most useful in helping Jack and his family....
Fanny and Victorian Jack is the first of a series of books written especially for children. Fanny has Asperger's syndrome and is passionate about natu...