Fatherless by Phil Barber
When his Polish ex-serviceman father denies paternity, after an extra-marital affair, the infant Phil is left with his poverty stricken mother in a 1950s West Yorkshire mill town. Overwhelmed by Victorian levels of hardship, abandonment and repeated pregnancies Annie develops catastrophic mental health problems. She releases the infant Phil to a distant orphanage. More moves follow each confusing separation take their toll on this spirited, imaginative boy who - at every turn - feels violently cast off and set adrift. In this memoir of life under the roof of 1960s orphanages Phil Barber has travelled with love and a wry humour into the dark earth of his tangled roots. Phil's story is a winding river of struggles for freedom and identity. This is not a bleak and sombre tale. Its a search for beauty and belonging among the oceanic pain of feeling exiled from society.
Phil Barber lives in Devon where he coaches adults and teenagers to find the inner sparks of genius so vital to overcome personal barriers. He has two daughters and two grandsons. Website: www.philbarbercoaching.co.uk
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| ISBN 13 | 9780992899400 |
| ISBN 10 | 0992899400 |
| Title | Fatherless |
| Author | Phil Barber |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hallow Press |
| Year published | 2014-04-22 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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