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Slipping through the cracks : a memoir of 1950s Sydney /​ by Ron Roberts ; adapted and illustrated by Lindsay Arnold

by Ronald Leon Roberts, L. R. Nold

This social history details the emotional and physical suffering of a young boy within the Australian mental health system of the mid-twentieth century, offering a stark account of a stolen childhood.

Accession 14276 ISBN 9780648099611 Publisher Baznold Pubs
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