TY - JOUR
T1 - Book review
T2 - The White Bird Passes By Jessie Kesson
AU - Bayston, Jeremy
PY - 2023/5/9
Y1 - 2023/5/9
N2 - The White Bird Passes is an autobiographical novella published in 1958 by Scottish writer, playwright, and poet Jessie Kesson. Born in a workhouse in 1916, she lived in a back lane slum in Elgin until she was eight, when her single mother was judged to be unfit, and Jessie was sent to an orphanage. There she received a basic education, showing sufficient promise for a university place to be discussed. She later referred to this time as 'the golden years'.
AB - The White Bird Passes is an autobiographical novella published in 1958 by Scottish writer, playwright, and poet Jessie Kesson. Born in a workhouse in 1916, she lived in a back lane slum in Elgin until she was eight, when her single mother was judged to be unfit, and Jessie was sent to an orphanage. There she received a basic education, showing sufficient promise for a university place to be discussed. She later referred to this time as 'the golden years'.
KW - workhouse
KW - orphanages
KW - Scotland
UR - https://www.celcis.org/knowledge-bank/sircc-journal
U2 - 10.17868/strath.00085345
DO - 10.17868/strath.00085345
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-1840
VL - 22
JO - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
JF - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
IS - 1
ER -