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Autobiography/Memoir

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Heartlines: The Year I Met My Other Mother

Susannah McFarlane &
Robin Leuba

2016

Heartlines (2016) is an adoption story with a difference, the difference being that it is written by adoptee Susannah McFarlane and her birth mother Robin Leuba.

In 1965, Robin travelled from Perth to Melbourne to give birth to her child. After 10 days, she returned to Perth and the baby, named Susannah, was adopted by a loving family.

In 1989, Robin tried to contact Susannah. It takes until 2014, however, before Susannah is willing to correspond with Robin.

Heartlines is the story of their reunion.

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


Website set up with support from The Welland Trust 

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