Andrew Pierce – författare

Atthe age of fifty, and despite feeling like he was betraying the adoptiveparents who loved him so much, journalist and broadcaster Andrew Pierce beganto tentatively search for his birth mother - only to discover that she had doneeverything she could to ensure he would never find her.Whenhe finally tracks her down, the mystery only deepens, leading him to Ireland toseek out information about the man who may or may not have been his father.During his search, Andrew discovers horrifying revelations about the orphanagewhere he had spent the first two years of his life and attempts to forge arelationship with the woman who gave him away.Thiscandid story is a heartwarming page-turner that takes the reader on anextraordinary journey. Full of amusing and arresting anecdotes, at its heartlies the inspirational story of one man's search for his birth mother and whathappened when he finally found her.

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FindingMargaret is themoving story of journalist and broadcaster Andrew Pierce's search for his birthmother. As he was approaching fifty, Pierce decided that it was finally time totrack down his biological mother. He knew that he had lived in a Roman Catholicorphanage in Cheltenham for more than two years and was adopted at the age ofthree by a family who loved and nurtured him. As his career in journalism flourishedand despite feeling like he was betraying the adoptive parents who loved him somuch, Pierce began to tentatively search for his birth mother, only to findthat she had done everything she could to ensure he would never find her.When hefinally managed to meet her, the mystery only deepened, leading him to Irelandin search of the man who may or may not have been his father. During hissearch, Pierce also realises the extent of the mistreatment he suffered at the orphanageand attempts to forge a relationship with the woman who gave him away.Thiscandid book is a heartwarming page turner that takes the reader on anextraordinary journey. Full of amusing and arresting anecdotes, at its heartlies the inspirational story of one man's extensive search for his birth motherand what happened when he finally found her.