Kit de Waal
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1960
- Geslacht
- female
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- England
UK - Land (voor op de kaart)
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Opleiding
- Oxford Brookes University(MA|Creative Writing)
- Beroepen
- She worked for 15 years in criminal and family law and as a magistrate (Justice of the Peace). She sits on adoption panels, worked as an adviser for Social Services and has written training manuals on adoption and foster care.
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- Mandy Theresa O'Loughlin (born 26 July 1960), known professionally as Kit de Waal, is an English writer. De Waal was born in Birmingham, England, to Sheila O'Loughlin (née Doyle), a foster carer, registered child minder and auxiliary nurse, and Arthur Desmond O'Loughlin, a bus driver. Her maternal grandparents were Irish, from County Wexford, her father was from Basseterre, St. Kitts in the West Indies and a descendant of William Julius.
De Waal attended Waverly Grammar School in Small Heath, Birmingham. She worked for 15 years in criminal and family law and as a magistrate (Justice of the Peace). She sits on adoption panels, worked as an adviser for Social Services and has written training manuals on adoption and foster care. She began writing for pleasure at an early age, and when her children were relatively independent, she decided to study creative writing which she did at Oxford Brookes University, achieving a master's degree.De Waal is married to John de Waal, QC, son of Victor de Waal. They have two children.
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I enjoyed the story as it moved on. The increasingly important role of the allotment in his life, Tufty and Mr Devlin, seemed likely. We know school isn't a success for Leon, despite his being a bright boy. I was surprised at how little we see of his unhappy and unsatisfactory school life, though most of his week is spent there. Though I think that's fine.
What is less fine is the ending. After the crisis with carers Maureen and Sylvia, when Leon believes they plan to move to Hastings, buy a dog and abandon him, when he unwittingly gets involved in the local rioting, we suddenly find ourselves facing a 'happily ever after' ending. Suddenly Leon seems to have accepted his situation. He seems to accept Maureen and Sylvia as his family. The longing for baby brother Jake seems to have taken a back seat. The implication seems to be that his pilfering may have stopped. Just like that. Or am I reading too much into that last chapter?
So ..... a readable book giving real insight into the difficulties so many vulnerable children face. It wasn't a thoroughly successful book, nevertheless it was eye-opening and thought-provoking.
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