William Heinemann, North Sydney, Australia, 2008, 1^st pr. thus.  ISBN 978-1-74166-614-4.  Trade soft cover, 338 pages including Index.  Very good; light creases, binding sound; ink writing on verso of front wrap; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages; black & white photo plate sections.  From 1938 to 1974 thousands of English parents were persuaded to send their children and sign over legal guardianship to Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales, Australia, for a better life.  ‘Here, for the first time, is the story of the lives of the Fairbridge children … the harsh reality of the first days there, from the physical and sexual abuse and inedible food to the loneliness and appalling standard of education.’ (from rear wrap)