![]() ![]() Though the nuns were emotionally distant, and Childs found their Catholic morality foreign and arbitrary, she settled into a routine, and began, if not to flourish, at least to function. Occasionally, Childs was placed in temporary foster care, but she was always returned to her mother’s squalid surroundings until social services finally moved her to the Park Hall Children’s Home, which was run by Irish nuns. Her mother kept a slovenly house and neglected her children. Childs was born in Liverpool, the mixed-race result of her white mother’s extramarital affair. ![]() ![]() A debut memoir traces the long-lasting consequences of childhood trauma.Ĭhilds’s startling and evocative autobiography begins thus: “I am fifty-two years old and have changed my name seven times so far.” What follows is the story of those name changes, and of the life changes that prompted them. ![]()
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