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Fiction featuring Care Experience

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The Last Anniversary (novel)

Liane Moriarty

2005

The Last Anniversary (2005) is a novel by Australian writer Liane Moriarty.

Set on the fictitious Scribbly Gum Island, close to Sydney, journalist Sophie inherits a property from the now-deceased Connie, one of 2 sisters who raised a child ostensibly not their own but abandoned by a couple decades ago.

Connie & Rose – and their families – have been making a living out of telling the story of “Baby Munro”, abandoned by her parents who mysteriously disappeared; Scribbly Gum Island is now a tourist attraction.

The truth revealed is that *spoiler alert* the baby, named Enigma, is the child of one of the sisters.

The Last Anniversary has now been adapted as a television series. It is the 1st of Moriarty’s novel adaptations to be set and filmed in Australia.

Trauma warning: This archive contains material relating to care experience including references to abuse, neglect, sexual violence, and institutional harm.

 

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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