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
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.
The stories in this volume contribute women’s voices to the more well known ones of men who suffered in boarding schools.A compelling read; each individual history adds to the picture of the trauma inflicted on children by the separation from their families. These tales from different generations build a picture of the ubiquity of the enduring emotional damage of this tradition. Professor Joy Schaverien Author of Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ Child. ‘Finding Our Way Home’ is a wonderful resource for those wanting to know more about how boarding school affects people when they are in an institution and what happens to them in life beyond. The evidence provided by these stories very much enriches our understanding of females who have boarded in the last 60 years and more recently. I would highly recommend it to anyone researching this field and who seeks authentic voices of those who have lived through this experience.Allison Paech, Educationalist, CambridgeEvery child has the right to be small, dependent and living with their loved ones at home. In this collection of women’s stories each one evokes the voice of her young self as she writes about her boarding school experiences. This can help us gain some insight into the ‘madness’ and at times, unspeakable cruelty that boarding means to many. . . By speaking out, these women will hopefully move and inspire others who seek to understand why their symptoms of being a boarding school survivor will not simply go away. Nicola Miller, Psychotherapist & Boarding School Survivors Facilitation Team
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