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A biography of a real person, born in the UK and adopted and moved to Rhodesia, this is a well-researched and well-written story of what Jane Earles can determine of the story of her mother who she never met after adoption.

The effect of adoption and the stigma from her adoptive parents on her life is not over-stated. It is interesting she has finished up in social work. A social scientist advises that female adoptees are over-represented in social welfare areas and male adoptees are over-represented in prison.

To not be told of her adoption until her late teens and then to be told to keep quiet about it, even within the family, is symptomatic of society's attitudes.

To persevere in her quest and to discover the amazing life of her mother is testimony to the strong nature Jane Eales must possess. A life that included rejection from her own birth mother, 3 marriages, travel, languages, and the breeding of Dalmatiians, and this was even before the War. Her wartime activities as a spy are, no doubt, a story in themselves - we get the bare facts; the author was unable to talk with her subject (her mother). The details of Jane Eales' birth and why her mother gave her up for adoption will never be known.

The author relied on the advice, support and friendship of birth (and step-birth) relations to research her mother's life. Such generous people.

The nature/nurture debate is alive and well. The mother played bridge, her two children who had minimal or no contact with her and none with each other, played bridge.

A great book.


Tags : Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs: Unravelling mysterious family connections behind a secret adoption [Jane Eales] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A simple need for her birth certificate leads Jane, aged 19, to a devastating secret: she is adopted. Stunned,Jane Eales,Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs: Unravelling mysterious family connections behind a secret adoption,Middle Harbour Press Pty Ltd,0992527600,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical,Family & Relationships : Adoption & Fostering

Secrets Spies and Spotted Dogs Unravelling mysterious family connections behind a secret adoption Jane Eales 9780992527600 Books Reviews

This is a very interesting story of lives lead in such contrast, and well worth the read.
Interesting hunt for her Mother but a bit boring for the reader..If you're after heartwarming then this is a good read.
Jane's book is an extremely well researched and written account of her journey to discover the story of her mother. It will be interesting to many readers on all sorts of levels, be it adoption, war stories, or the anguish of the author wanting to find out more - I too would have loved to have known more about Pyllis and stones of her life.
super exciting.
This book could be improved by editing to a third of its current length. It is not well written and changes style many times. The middle section is far too long and ponderous. I doubt that it would have been accepted by any well established publisher.
I find it incredibly sad when families can not and will not be honest with each other.
We will find out eventually?? and then there is heartache when the family members involved
are no longer with us to discuss things.
This book is an outstanding read, told very simply.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
This is Jane’s very personal story. It is one for which many readers, who have grown up not knowing their natural parents, will be grateful. They are likely to identify with her loss of identity and emotional insecurity when at the age of 19 her parents had no alternative to confessing to her with many tears, that she was not their child.

It was not so much learning that they had adopted her in 1947, soon after she was born in the UK and taken with them to live in East Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), as it was to be sworn to secrecy. It made her feel that it was a matter of shame, and that if others knew, she would be alienated from proper society. To be unable to discuss this new and over-whelming information with her friends must have been excruciatingly painful for her, increasing her sense of isolation, since she had long felt that her parents were somewhat distant, and less affectionate than she would have liked. Even more distressing however was to be made to promise to her parents that she would never go in search for her natural parents. More than anything else this was precisely what she needed to do; to meet them if possible, to find answers about her background, and to understand why she was relinquished.

It was not until after her parents died, that Jane after moving to London from Sydney for her husband to take up a new work position, felt at liberty to then, at the age of forty, look for her parents should they still be alive. Her son Adam had been born with an intellectual disability, and in part, she was motivated by a wish to know her family genetic history. She was disappointed when she learned that her natural mother had died 27 years before in 1963. Had she called off her investigations then, she would have missed out on an intriguing journey of discovery, meeting family members with whom she readily bonded, whilst seeking to piece together the information she was able to glean about her mother's life and fractured relationships, especially during the momentous events of World War II.
Jane’s persistence was rewarded in a delightful way by meeting a half-brother and cousins. They had much in common to discuss at numerous meetings, and they shared with her their recollections of her mother, who was born Phyllis Hogg in 1906.

Amongst the many happy family occasions with them was a memorable birthday party in honour of her cousin Jeremy, at his apartment. Jane was unaccustomed to being spoken to directly and bluntly about her adoptive birth, so she was taken a-back when whilst trying to make herself heard above the crowd talking to a friend of her cousin, she heard softly, but quite distinctly, a woman nearby say “What is it like to be a bastard? What is it like to be an illegitimate child?” Scarcely a polite conversation opener in company! Nothing could have been more hurtful, but Jane was able to laugh off her discomfiture, and felt less offended when she learned that her confronting acquaintance was a famous author and artist, Beryl Bainbridge, five times nominated for the Man Booker Prize who herself had had a child out of wedlock.

Jane Eales is to be congratulated for her careful research work, and for an engrossing account of her mother’s life. She must regret that she never knew her mother, but from what she learned, Jane would have been proud of her. As a social worker by occupation, she is also to be congratulated for working to improve the lot for the disabled in New South Wales, Australia. I believe Jane Eales has provided us with a valuable record of what it was like to be an adopted child in the less sympathetic era that prevailed just a generation ago. It is not just the children, but both adoptive and relinquishing parents, who will find moving this tale of what it is like to be a bastard.
A biography of a real person, born in the UK and adopted and moved to Rhodesia, this is a well-researched and well-written story of what Jane Earles can determine of the story of her mother who she never met after adoption.

The effect of adoption and the stigma from her adoptive parents on her life is not over-stated. It is interesting she has finished up in social work. A social scientist advises that female adoptees are over-represented in social welfare areas and male adoptees are over-represented in prison.

To not be told of her adoption until her late teens and then to be told to keep quiet about it, even within the family, is symptomatic of society's attitudes.

To persevere in her quest and to discover the amazing life of her mother is testimony to the strong nature Jane Eales must possess. A life that included rejection from her own birth mother, 3 marriages, travel, languages, and the breeding of Dalmatiians, and this was even before the War. Her wartime activities as a spy are, no doubt, a story in themselves - we get the bare facts; the author was unable to talk with her subject (her mother). The details of Jane Eales' birth and why her mother gave her up for adoption will never be known.

The author relied on the advice, support and friendship of birth (and step-birth) relations to research her mother's life. Such generous people.

The nature/nurture debate is alive and well. The mother played bridge, her two children who had minimal or no contact with her and none with each other, played bridge.

A great book.