Homecoming - Catrin Collier Reviews
Description:ISBN 0752842714 /
Newest Review: ... Homecoming is set in the 1950s when a number of the characters are pregnant, some of them dearly want their babies and are ... more
... fortunate enough to be married and keep them, others want their babies but have to give them up to save familial stigmatism and others have no option but to give birth to the child they hadn't planned nor do not want. It's a very complex subject dealt with in a remarkably tactful way.
The key characters are all related, although complicatedly so. Billy might only be a babe in arms but he's also Martins brother-in-law in addition to being his nephew. Billys father is Martins brother Jacks father-in-law in addition to ...more
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Customer Homecoming - Catrin Collier Reviews (1)
by - written on 04/04/10 (Very useful, 48 readings)
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The idea of an unmarried mother being shunned by society barely 60 years ago at the time of my parents birth strikes me as strange. In fact as recently as my school days I had a classmate who relocated to the country for six months in order to endure a pregnancy and give away her child in total secrecy to prevent shame being brought upon her very Catholic parents. This seems at total odds to modern society where unmarried mothers are the norm. Homecoming is set in the 1950s when a number of the characters are pregnant, some of them dearly want their babies and are fortunate enough to be married and keep them, others want their babies but have to give them up ... Read the complete review
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