House of Tomorrow

By Claire Lorrimer

Subjects: Foster mothers, Biography, Foster children, Great britain, biography, Adult child abuse victims, Non-Fiction, Children, Foster home care, 1980s, Institutional care

Description: This is the moving story of Jeanette Roberts, a young London girl who survived appalling abuse in her own childhood, and so determined to give other children in the same position the love and care she had been denied. A chance meeting with a small boy she caught stealing led to a life-long commitment to a steady stream of disturbed, abused and handicapped children whom everyone else had turned away. By becoming their beloved 'Mum', Jeanette has been able to transform their lives, giving them the protection they so desperately need.