Parental Illness (Mental or Physical), Addiction
Beley, Ennis, Verdingkinder, Smith, Robyn, Roosevelt, Eleanor, Pelzer, David J., Monroe, Marilyn, Mici Plwm, McKenzie, Richard B., Lee, John Doyle, Johnson, Nkosi, Grant, Julia, Edwards, Skye, Cornwell, Patricia, Chaplin, Charles Spencer, Campbell, Ben Nighthorse, Bishop, Elizabeth, X, Malcolm,
Grant, Julia
Grant was born George Roberts, the eldest of eight children. His mother was an alcoholic and his father a fisherman who was seldom home. From about the age of 12 he looked after his brothe... [more]
Edwards, Skye
Edwards was a long-term foster child. She (aged three months) and her two sisters went into care when their mother was hospitalized with a mental illness, and stayed with their foster famil... [more]
Cornwell, Patricia
Cornwell was born Patricia Daniels to a married couple. When she was five or seven (sources differ) her father abandoned the family for another woman. Her mother moved with the three childr... [more]
Chaplin, Charles Spencer
The Chaplin half-brothers started out in variety as children - their parents were in show business - and went on to long and successful careers in America. Sydney was a straigh... [more]
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse
Campbell is part Portuguese, Northern Cheyenne (and has been inducted into their council of chiefs) and possibly also Apache and Pueblo, a rancher and horse trainer, jewellery designer, jud... [more]
Bishop, Elizabeth
Bishop's father died when she was a baby. When she was five her mother was permanently hospitalized for mental illness and she never saw her again. She was then raised by her grandparents i... [more]
X, Malcolm
Malcolm Little was born in the American South. His father, a Christian minister, was murdered by white racists in 1931. Several years later, because of their great poverty, and her mental i... [more]
