Book review : Looked after: A childhood in care by Ashley John-Baptiste

Hillan, Chelbi (2025) Book review : Looked after: A childhood in care by Ashley John-Baptiste. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 24 (1). pp. 205-207. ISSN 1478-1840

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Looked After: A Childhood in Care is a memoir of Ashley’s experiences of care in England from the age of two to 18 years old. His reflections seem relevant for understanding care experience in many contexts, not simply England, and they are deeply personal. Since gaining his degree at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, he is now a broadcast journalist and presenter. Reading this book was an emotional journey, with some parts leaving me teared up, facing the reality of life in care for many, and at other points filling me with immense hope and joy, knowing that people do care.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	92788
  Dates:	Date Event 22 May 2025 Published 6 March 2025 Accepted
  Subjects:	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:	08 May 2025 11:38
  Last modified:	13 Nov 2025 01:12
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/92788