HELEN FORRESTER
Yes, Mama
Harper
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First published in Great Britain by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1988
First published in Fontana Paperbacks 1988
Copyright © Helen Forrester 1988
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ToNora Walton (Sylvia Poole)who was my friend when I mostneeded one.
‘The prejudices remain within society,within families and, above all, within the law.’
Virginia Ironside and Jane Horwood,
How can I explain to my daughter that
she isn’t a little bastard?
WOMAN magazine, November, 1986.
Contents
Title Page
I
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