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100 1 $aMason-John, Valerie.
245 10 $aBorrowed body /$cValerie Mason-John.
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520 $a'I could have been born and raised in Africa. But my Spirit was in too much of a rush to be reincarnated ... At six weeks I was chucked out into the new year of 1965 which wasn't prepared to welcome an African baby, abandoned on a harsh English winter's day.' So begins Pauline's spirited and moving story of her childhood and teenage years in and out of foster homes and detention units, and back and forth to Dr Barnardo's 'Village' in Essex. Her Barnardo's 'family' was ruled by an unlikely trio - Aunty Claire, a born-again Christian; her laconic husband, the German Uncle Boris; and the cook, Aunty Morag. Woven into this feisty, quirky account are Pauline's angel and spirit companions - Sparky, Annabel and the Snake - who play havoc helping her to survive in the 'real world'. The Barnardo's good times are shattered by the sudden visits of her mother, who she calls Wunmi and with whom she goes to live in a London highrise. Wunmi's method of refashioning Pauline into a dutiful African child is literally to knock the English out of her. But survive she does ...
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