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Autobiography/Memoir

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Gaining a Sense of Self

Karen Laura-Lee Wilson

2010

Karen Laura-Lee Wilson’s memoir is a detailed and of her first twenty-five years growing up in a sole-parent family with a narcissistic mother. Embedded in her story are universal themes of abandonment, love, hate, determination, optimism and endurance. Mostly set in Brisbane, Australia during the 1950s and 1960s, her journey is a search for identity. Eventually Karen finds her own path through education, positive and negative sexual relationships and travel.

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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