Book review : The White Bird Passes By Jessie Kesson
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Bayston, Jeremy (2023) Book review : The White Bird Passes By Jessie Kesson. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 22 (1). ISSN 1478-1840 (https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00085345)
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The White Bird Passes is an autobiographical novella published in 1958 by Scottish writer, playwright, and poet Jessie Kesson. Born in a workhouse in 1916, she lived in a back lane slum in Elgin until she was eight, when her single mother was judged to be unfit, and Jessie was sent to an orphanage. There she received a basic education, showing sufficient promise for a university place to be discussed. She later referred to this time as 'the golden years'.
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Item type: Article ID code: 85345 Dates: DateEvent9 May 2023Published2 May 2023AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 02 May 2023 12:03 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 13:56 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85345
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