The astonishing real story of a daughter's search for her own past and the desperate mother who gave her up. Phyllis Whitsell began the search for her birth mother as a young woman and although it was many years before she finally met her, their lives had crossed paths without their knowledge. When she met her, the circumstances were extraordinary.

The story of the author's search for her birth mother, which began when she was a young woman. When the two eventually met, the circumstances were extraordinary, moving and life-changing. A personal account of a relationship that grew from abandonment into love.