Darling Baby Mine (UK)

A heartbreaking memoir tackling the mistreatment of women and the stigma of mental health in the 1940s. DARLING BABY MINE is a compelling read recalling John's extraordinary search for his mother. In a story that couldn't happen today, John eventually finds his mother interred in a mental asylum where she's been kept for thirty-five years diagnosed as a schizophrenic following a bout of post-natal depression. It is in these circumstances that John attempts to form a relationship with a woman who's not only been a secret for most of his life but is also severely institutionalised.

• Author
• John De St. Jorre

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 300

• Publisher
• Quartet Books (UK)

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780704374188

• Release date
• 2016