My story I was adopted in 1947, was told about it at age 19, and then was forbidden to ever search for my biological family. I even had to promise to continue to keep my adoption a secret
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My story - I was adopted in 1947, was told about it at age 19, and then was forbidden to ever search for my biological family. I even had to promise to continue to keep my adoption a secret. I didn’t talk about it, but carried the knowledge of my biological mother and father around with me for forty years – faceless ghosts in the back of my mind. It was a very isolating experience, and the first time I met another adoptee was only a few years ago. This is my story.
Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs: Unravelling mysterious family connections behind a secret adoption By Jane Eales Book Description A simple need for her birth certificate leads the author, Jane, aged 19, to a devastating secret: she is adopted. Stunned, she is sworn to secrecy and forbidden to search for her biological family – a promise she honours until the death of her adoptive parents. A heart-wrenching family crisis and a longing to know her origins then drive the author to painstakingly research her roots in Rhodesia, Johannesburg, London, Berlin and Sydney. Who were her biological parents, and why had she been adopted? And who imposed the conditions for her adoption and why? Almost forty years after finding out about her adoption, Jane is welcomed warmly into her biological mother’s family in London. Astonished, Jane is told her multi-lingual attractive mother went to finishing school in Belgium, gambled at bridge with the rich and famous at the luxurious Crockfords club in central London, bred Dalmatians, and was a British spy smuggled into the Netherlands by submarine and fishing boat just prior to the ‘Market Garden’ airborne invasion during WWII. Skeptical and cautious, Jane investigates the truth behind these claims. Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs interweaves the raw emotion of adoptee discovery, the heart-pounding threads of WWII espionage at Arnhem, and the author’s poignant search for her biological mother and the truth behind her identity. …………………………………………………………………………………………..
Jane Eales was born in London and adopted into a family with a German refugee Father and a British mother. She grew up in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), attends Chisipite High School and at 18 moves to Johannesburg, South Africa. She marries in Oxford, England, and after she and her husband return to South Africa, she studies social work at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1980, wishing to leave Apartheid behind, the family moves to Sydney Australia. She started to search for her biological family in 1990 when the health of their eldest son worsens as he entered adolescence. She was given a wonderfully warm welcome when she met her half-brother in London, England in 2005. This was their first meeting. Flooded with information, and as a way of making sense of everything, she began to write what eventually became Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs. An unexpected outcome of her search for identity led Jane to start painting. Painting has since become a much loved source of peace and joy. (See www.janeeales.com) Writing has always been an important part of her work, but Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs is her first book. Jane and her husband live in Sydney with their children, grandchildren and friends. Book details: Paperback 292 pages, (ISBN 978-0-9925276-0-0) (Oct 2014) Ebook 297 pages (ISBN 978-0-9925276-1-7). Publisher: Middle Harbour Press Pty Ltd. Reviews can be read on Amazon.com, Amazon.com.au and Goodreads. One review on Amazon reads:
By Travel Gal Format:Kindle Edition This is fascinating story of a long and difficult search of a child adopted after WWII to learn the identity of her birth mother. Overcoming numerous obstacles and difficulties along the way, the author describes the perseverance and detective work it took to locate, half a world (and half a century) away, her half-brother and relatives and friends of her birth mother, who was rather an amazing woman for her time. It is a well written and introspective account. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2015 2015 -> Police Militarization 2015 -> 2015 ihbb championships: hs history Bowl Round 4 – Prelims First Quarter 2015 -> Wrtp/big step · 3841 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, wi 53208 2015 -> Rao bulletin 1 December 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Darton College 2015 -> Training Workshop on Planning and Implementation of Multi-Sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) in Bihar Date : 6th 2015 -> Rao bulletin 15 June 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Rao bulletin 1 September 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Rao bulletin 1 August 2015 html edition this bulletin contains the following articles 2015 -> Science, and transportation united states senate Download 10.78 Kb. Share with your friends:
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