Back To ListMarjorie Her War YearsA British Home Child in CanadaByPatricia SkidmoreForeword byGordon BrownPublished August 2018Paperback$ 30.00Paperback$ 30.00ePub$ 14.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescriptionHer family broken apart and her identity taken away, she had to forget her past in order to face her future. But forgetting isn’t forever.Taken from their mother’s care and deported from England to the colonies, ten-year-old Marjorie Arnison and her nine-year-old brother, Kenny, were sent to the Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School on Vancouver Island in September 1937. Their eight-year-old sister, Audrey, followed the next August. Marjorie's new home was on an isolated farm — a cottage she shared with at least ten other girls and a “cottage mother” at the head, who had complete control over her “children.” Survival required sticking to bare essentials. Marjorie had to accept a loss, which was difficult to forgive. Turning inward, she would find strength to pull her through, but she had to lock away her memories in order to endure her new life. Marjorie was well into her senior years before those memories resurfaced.Of Related InterestMarjorie Too Afraid to CryPatricia SkidmoreInvisible NorthAlexandra ShimoAmong the Walking WoundedColonel John ConradThe Polar Adventures of a Rich American DameJoanna KafarowskiA British Home Child in Canada 2-Book BundlePatricia SkidmoreReviews An important book because it exposes the dark side of “civilized” society, as it reveals the strength of the human heart to rise above that darkness.Rex Weyler, author of Blood of the Land and Greenpeace: The Inside StoryMarjorie’s memoir is important in helping us all to remember a time not too long ago when the ties which bind us became lost to Governments. This is a powerful reminder of the consequences of child migration.Dr. Margaret Humphreys CBE, OAMA testament to the human spirit, to resilience and reconciliation.The Ormsby ReviewPreviousNextContributorsPatricia SkidmorePatricia Skidmore is the daughter of a British child migrant. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.View Author Page Gordon BrownView Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackAugust 20186x9 in288 pp9781459741669ePubAugust 2018-288 pp9781459741676ePubAugust 2018-288 pp9781459741683