Finding Our Way Home

Finding Our Way Home: Women's Accounts of Being Sent to Boarding School shares the personal stories of sixteen women, all whom were sent away to board at any early age.

Nikki Simpson is an accredited person-centred counsellor working in private practice with adults and adolescents. Prior to training as a therapist, she worked for Social Services in the Adoption Support Team. She has a passion for photography, nature and mindfulness and lives in Stroud with her partner.

Table of Contents Foreword Joy Schaverien Introduction Nikki Simpson Chapter 1: On Becoming a Boarder Louise Sinclair Chapter 2: Skinny Dipping in the Rhine Frances Den Hollander Chapter 3: My Story Natasha Wilson Chapter 4: Being Sent, Then and Now Caroline Giddens Chapter 5: Finding My Way Home Nikki Simpson Chapter 6: Memories From My Formative Years Marianne Simpson Chapter 7: Give and Take Alison Higgs Chapter 8: The Story of a Little Girl Lost Colette Knight Chapter 9: Paradise Lost Isobel Henderson Chapter 10: Sometimes Jo Trotter Chapter 11: Boarding School Musings Margot Oakenby Chapter 12: Privileged Deprivation Marcia Turner Chapter 13: Coming in From the Cold Susanna Hoare Chapter 14: Severe Housemistress Patricia Morris Chapter 15: The Trunk Margaret Laughton Chapter 16: Whispering Walls Elizabeth Routledge Afterword Jane Barclay Afterword: A Psychotherapist's Reflections Pippa Foster Help and Support/More Information Editor's Note and Acknowledgements Nikki Simpson