"I could have been born and raised in Africa. But my Spirit was in
too much of a rush to be reincarnated...At six weeks I was chucked
out into the new year of 1965 which wasn't prepared to welcome on
African baby, abandoned on a harsh English winter's day." So begins
Pauline's spirited and moving story of her childhood and teenage
years in and out of foster homes and back and forth to Dr.
Barnardo's Village in Essex. Her Barnardo's family was ruled by an
unlikely trio-Aunty Claire, a fervent Christian; her laconic
husband, the German Jewish Uncle Boris; and Aunty Morag, the cook.
And, of course, other kids orphaned or abandoned like Pauline.
Woven into this account are Pauline's angel and spirit
companions-Sparky, Annabel and Snake- who by turns help and hinder
her to survive in the "real world." The Barnardo's good times are
shattered by the sudden visits of her mother, whom she calls Wunmi
and with whom she goes to live in a London high-rise. Wunmi's
method of refashioning Pauline into a dutiful African child is
literally to knock the English out of her. Pauline tries other ways
to survive-sniffing glue and shoplifting-until the harsh realities
of detention centres and juvenile courts make Pauline think
again...
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