In this enthralling memoir, Sue Elliot tells her own story of growing up as an adopted child. She details her emotional search for and meeting with her birth mother, Marjorie, the heartbreaking tale of how Marjorie came to give up Sue for adoption in 1950s England, and the shock of finding that she, Sue, wasn't the only child given away by Marjorie. Weaved throughout is the vivid, emotional history of adoption in the UK. Drawing on a wide range of intimate personal experiences, it outlines the forces that shaped 20th century adoption practice, from baby-farming, the stigma of illegitimacy, incest and the bastardy laws, children taken by force, and mass emigration schemes, to modern day adoption practices, buying babies from abroad, sperm donor fathers and tearful reunions on Trisha.

Love Child: A Memoir of Adoption, Reunion, Loss and Love

Parenting & Relationships

Elliott, Sue

Adoption

Vermilion

In this enthralling memoir, Sue Elliot tells her own story of growing up as an adopted child. She details her emotional search for and meeting with her birth mother, Marjorie, the heartbreaking tale of how Marjorie came to give up Sue for adoption in 1950s England, and the shock of finding that she, Sue, wasn't the only child given away by Marjorie. Weaved throughout is the vivid, emotional history of adoption in the UK. Drawing on a wide range of intimate personal experiences, it outlines the forces that shaped 20th century adoption practice, from baby-farming, the stigma of illegitimacy, incest and the bastardy laws, children taken by force, and mass emigration schemes, to modern day adoption practices, buying babies from abroad, sperm donor fathers and tearful reunions on Trisha.

Love Child

Ebury Press

Adoption is one of the great, untold stories of the recent past. It is a truly epic tale of loss, guilt, identity, family feuds, reunion, and redemption. It is a subject, until very recently, surrounded by secrecy and taboos. This is the heartwarming true story of a little girl's adoption in the 1950s and her search, nearly 40 years later, for her birth mother. When mother and daughter meet, Sue thinks she has finally reached the end of her journey. Then Sue discovers she wasn't the only baby her mother gave away. Weaved throughout is the vivid, emotional history of adoption in the UK. Drawing on a wide range of intimate personal experiences, it outlines the forces that shaped 20th century adoption practice, from baby-farming, the stigma of illegitimacy, incest, and the bastardy laws, to children taken by force, the Magdalene laundries, mass emigration schemes without parental consent, to modern day adoption practices, buying babies from abroad, sperm donor fathers, and tearful reunions on Trisha.

Complete Key for Schools is official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) for Schools exam. It combines the very best in contemporary classroom practice with engaging topics aimed at younger students. The information, practice and advice contained in the course ensure that they are fully prepared for all parts of the test, with strategies and skills to maximise their score. This Workbook without answers includes 14 topic-based units for homework which cover reading, writing and listening skills. It provides further practice in the grammar and vocabulary taught in the Student's Book. The Audio CD contains all the listening material for the Workbook. A Workbook with answers is also available.

Complete Key for Schools Workbook without Answers with Audio CD

Reference

Heyderman, Emma

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Cambridge English

Complete Key for Schools is official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) for Schools exam. It combines the very best in contemporary classroom practice with engaging topics aimed at younger students. The information, practice and advice contained in the course ensure that they are fully prepared for all parts of the test, with strategies and skills to maximise their score. This Workbook without answers includes 14 topic-based units for homework which cover reading, writing and listening skills. It provides further practice in the grammar and vocabulary taught in the Student's Book. The Audio CD contains all the listening material for the Workbook. A Workbook without answers is also available.

Complete Key for Schools Workbook with Answers with Audio CD

Complete Key for Schools is official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) for Schools exam. It combines the best in contemporary classroom practice with engaging topics aimed at younger students. The information, practice and advice contained in the course ensure that they are fully prepared for all parts of the test, with strategies and skills to maximise their score. Informed by Cambridge's unique searchable database of real exam candidates' answers, the Cambridge English Corpus, Complete Key for Schools includes examples and exercises which tackle common problem areas at this level. This Student's Pack includes the Student's Book without answers with CD-ROM and Workbook without answers. The Audio CD contains the Audio for the Workbook exercises.

Complete Key for Schools Student's Pack (Student's Book without Answers with CD-ROM, Workbook without Answers with Audio CD)

McKeegan, David

Six full practice tests plus easy-to-follow expert guidance and exam tips designed to guarantee exam success. The 'without answers' edition is ideal for class use, providing an excellent opportunity for teachers and students to familiarise themselves with the Preliminary for Schools examination format. The first two tests include step-by-step advice on how to tackle each paper. Extra practice activities, informed by a bank of real Preliminary candidates' exam papers, focus on areas where students most typically need help.

Preliminary for Schools Trainer Six Practice Tests without Answers

Gallivan, Liz

Six full practice tests plus easy-to-follow expert guidance and exam tips designed to guarantee exam success. The 'with answers' edition can be used to practice the exam at home or in class, providing an excellent opportunity for teachers and students to familiarise themselves with the Preliminary for Schools examination format. The six practice tests feature explanatory keys and model answers, and include ideas for extending tasks in class. The first two tests also include step-by-step advice on how to tackle each paper. Extra practice activities, informed by a bank of real Preliminary candidates' exam papers, focus on areas where students typically need most help. Also Included are Audio CDs, featuring the listening activities from the tests.

Preliminary for Schools Trainer Six Practice Tests with Answers, Teacher's Notes and Audio CDs (3)

The remarkable true story of SOE heroine Elaine Madden, told for the first time After a tragic childhood among the Great War cemeteries of Flanders fields, a troubled young woman searches for love and meaning in war-ravaged Europe. Elaine Madden’s quest takes her from occupied Belgium through the chaos of Dunkirk, where she flees disguised as a British soldier, into the London Blitz, where she finally begins to discover herself. Recruited to T Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a "fast courier," she is parachuted back to the country of her birth to undertake a top secret political mission and help speed its liberation from Nazi oppression. Elaine Madden never claimed to be a heroine, but her story proves otherwise. Its centerpiece—war service as one of only two women SOE agents parachuted into enemy-occupied Belgium—is just one episode in an extraordinary real-life drama of highs and lows, love, loss, and betrayal. Relayed to the author in the final years of her life, Elaine’s true story of courage and humor in testing times is more intriguing, more compelling than fiction.

I Heard My Country Calling: Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

The History Press

After a tragic childhood among the Great War cemeteries of Flanders Fields, a troubled young woman searches for love and meaning in war ravaged Europe. 
Elaine Madden’s quest takes her from occupied Belgium through the chaos of Dunkirk, where she flees, disguised as a British soldier, into the London Blitz, where she finally begins to discover herself. Recruited to T Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a ‘fast courier’, she is parachuted back to the country of her birth to undertake a top secret political mission and help speed its liberation from Nazi oppression. 
Elaine Madden never claimed to be a heroine, but her story proves otherwise. Its centrepiece – war service as one of only two female SOE agents parachuted into occupied Belgium – is just one episode in an extraordinary real-life drama of highs and lows, love, loss and betrayal. 
Relayed to the author in the final years of her life, Elaine’s true story of courage and humour in testing times is more intriguing and compelling than fiction.

I Heard My Country Calling

Community & Culture

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Books by Elliott, Sue

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Love Child: A Memoir of Adoption, Reunion, Loss and Love

Love Child

Love Child

Complete Key for Schools Workbook without Answers with Audio CD

Complete Key for Schools Workbook with Answers with Audio CD

Complete Key for Schools Student's Pack (Student's Book without Answers with CD-ROM, Workbook without Answers with Audio CD)

Preliminary for Schools Trainer Six Practice Tests without Answers

Preliminary for Schools Trainer Six Practice Tests with Answers, Teacher's Notes and Audio CDs (3)

I Heard My Country Calling: Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE

I Heard My Country Calling