Hackney Child is the memoir of Hope Daniels who overcomes excruciating poverty, neglectful parenting and a rocky journey through care to emerge as a fulfilled individual and a proud mother and grandmother.
Daniels takes us right into the mind of her infant and later teenage self as she battles her way through a childhood in which adults consistently fail her. This is a story of hardship and determination, near misses, failing systems and good intentions. We see the care system contribute to the premature stripping away of childhood innocence, and deliver rejections and broken promises as effortlessly and casually as the harmful parents; it is a story we have heard many times before and leaves us feeling that too little has changed.
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