House Of Tomorrow (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

'A moving story - one of the most extraordinary households in the world.' - WOMAN 'Vivid and passionate...I recommend it.' - MARION LOWE Director, N.F.C.A 'I couldn't put it down...it is an incredible story and is told so touchingly.' - JAN LEEMING This is the moving story of Jeanette Roberts, a young London girl who survived appalling abuse in her own childhood, and so determined to give other children in the same position the love and care she had been denied. A chance meeting with a small boy she caught stealing led to a life-long commitment to a steady stream of disturbed, abused and handicapped children whom everyone else had turned away. By becoming their beloved 'Mum', Jeanette has been able to transform their lives, giving them the protection they so desperately need.