I have just been given a book about child migrants sent to Australia by Margaret Humphreys CBE.
Apparently there is also a film based on the book called Oranges and Sunshine.
Has anybody read it/seen it and will I need the tissue box beside me?
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Thread: Empty Cradles
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11-12-2012, 11:50 PM #1MutleyGuest
Empty Cradles
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12-12-2012, 4:47 AM #2AnnamarieGuest
Definitely worth seeing. Reduced me and everyone around me to tears. Highly recommended.
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12-12-2012, 7:59 AM #3glen cooperGuest
very worth while, and keep the tissues handy.
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12-12-2012, 9:01 AM #4
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12-12-2012, 8:42 PM #5spisonGuest
Good actors too - nice to see David Wenham and Hugo Weaving without wigs and sword/elf ears and I've always liked Emily Watson.
Jane
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15-12-2012, 12:23 AM #6
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Its good that the story of these kids has been bought out in the open but i was disappointed in the film.
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15-12-2012, 1:29 AM #7MutleyGuest
Thanks Wendy, I thought the thread was around somewhere.
While I am reading the book, which seems to be factual rather than a novel,
my thoughts are, that time has run out for most of those children now.
They have lived a life without roots, without a background, without an identity. How sad is that?
Too bl***y little and too bl***y late.
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15-12-2012, 8:58 AM #8terrysfamilyGuest
I was disappointed in the film too.
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15-12-2012, 9:00 AM #9
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Aren't g'ment types the pits? keep coming up with excuses, pseudo arguements/agreements. & fixing NOTHING.!
A little like gun laws, bikie gang break-ups, etc. Been happening for how many years now????Happy Families
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