# In the Family Way

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- Book: [In the Family Way](https://www.bookquiver.com/jane-robinson/in-the-family-way) ([In the Family Way.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jane-robinson/in-the-family-way.md))
- Authors: [Jane Robinson](https://www.bookquiver.com/jane-robinson)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4196-291-6
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2016-02-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Only a generation or two ago, illegitimacy was one of the most shameful things that could happen in a family. In the Family Way tells secrets kept for entire lifetimes: long-silent voices from the workhouse, the Magdalene Laundry or the distant mother-and-baby home. Anonymous childhoods are recalled, spent in the care of Dr Barnardo or a Child Migration scheme halfway across the world. There are sorrowful stories in this book, but it is also about hope: about supportive families who welcomed 'love-children' home, or those who were parted and are now reconciled. Most of all, In the Family Way is about finally telling the truth.