'Witty, compelling and never mawkish' Observer

'Written with a sure touch . . . Adie has a natural understanding of what it is like to be unsure of your origins' Sunday Telegraph

'A cracker of a subject . . . (Adie) writes with an engaging, forthright immediacy' New Statesman

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Bestselling author and BBC reporter Kate Adie writes vividly, inspiringly and from many fascinating perspectives about what it means to be an abandoned child.

What's your name? Where were you born? What is your date of birth? Simple questions that we are asked throughout our life - but what if you didn't know the answers?

Journalist and presenter of BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent Kate Adie uncovers the extraordinary, moving and inspiring stories of just such children - without mother or father, any knowledge of who they might be, or even a name to call their own.

With a curiosity inspired by her own circumstances as an adopted child, Kate shows how the most remarkable adults have survived the experience of abandonment.

From every perspective Kate Adie brings us a personal, moving and fascinating insight into the very toughest of childhood experiences - and shows what makes us who we really are.

An exceptional account by a remarkable woman * Michael Parkinson on THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS *
The paciest and most entertaining history book to come my way * Ian McIntyre, The Times on CORSETS TO CAMOU *
Sharp, witty and full of insights into the BBC and the sometimes crazed world of broadcasting * Daily Express on THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS *