The link between this book and Childwickbury is that the 'Grace' of the title was the only surviving daughter of John Blundell Maple and his wife Emily who owned Childwickbury
from 1883 - 1906.
Searching for Grace
304 pages ISBN 978-1-877448-94-2 RRP £19.99
includes colour photographs and illustrations throughout
This intriguing family story describes a woman’s search for her true mother.
Searching for Grace combines Heather Tovey’s vivid and often amusing memories of childhood with glimpses into London’s high society of the 1920s. It is also the story of
two young people whose love is threatened by lies and hypocrisy.
Years later, living in New Zealand, Heather finally received a letter confirming the identity of her birth mother. As the story opens in 1975 she is battling immigration officials for special permission to travel to England to prove her identity. Without a birth certificate this is no easy task.
When Heather meets her birth family, extraordinary facts emerge - and Heather and Carol find that appearances are one thing,
truth another.
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Heather Tovey was born in London in 1911 and raised by a governess. At 18 she secretly married artist Gordon Tovey, who went on to revolutionise art teaching in New Zealand schools. In her 60s Heather finally learned the identity of her mother, and in 1975 travelled to England to pursue her quest to find her family. The truth behind all the secrecy is the subject of Searching for Grace. Heather died in 2004, aged 93.
Carol Henderson, Heather and Gordon’s daughter, worked as an art specialist and primary teacher. In 1998, having retired to follow creative ventures, she published A Blaze of Colour, a biography of her father, and began to help Heather record her early memories. In 1980, with husband Neil, Carol had travelled to England on the first of several trips to meet with Heather’s newly discovered relations and seek further answers.
For more information, please visit
http://carolhenderson.co.nz e.mail: carolneilnz@gmail.com
or contact
Steele Roberts Publishers www.steelroberts.co.nz e.mail: info@steelroberts.co.nz
U.K. distributors:
Berkshire Family History Society
The Book Fayre, Tattershall Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire LN10 6QJ
e.mail: hookedonbooks@thebookfayre.com tel: 01526 354501
from 1883 - 1906.
Searching for Grace
304 pages ISBN 978-1-877448-94-2 RRP £19.99
includes colour photographs and illustrations throughout
This intriguing family story describes a woman’s search for her true mother.
Searching for Grace combines Heather Tovey’s vivid and often amusing memories of childhood with glimpses into London’s high society of the 1920s. It is also the story of
two young people whose love is threatened by lies and hypocrisy.
Years later, living in New Zealand, Heather finally received a letter confirming the identity of her birth mother. As the story opens in 1975 she is battling immigration officials for special permission to travel to England to prove her identity. Without a birth certificate this is no easy task.
When Heather meets her birth family, extraordinary facts emerge - and Heather and Carol find that appearances are one thing,
truth another.
********************************
Heather Tovey was born in London in 1911 and raised by a governess. At 18 she secretly married artist Gordon Tovey, who went on to revolutionise art teaching in New Zealand schools. In her 60s Heather finally learned the identity of her mother, and in 1975 travelled to England to pursue her quest to find her family. The truth behind all the secrecy is the subject of Searching for Grace. Heather died in 2004, aged 93.
Carol Henderson, Heather and Gordon’s daughter, worked as an art specialist and primary teacher. In 1998, having retired to follow creative ventures, she published A Blaze of Colour, a biography of her father, and began to help Heather record her early memories. In 1980, with husband Neil, Carol had travelled to England on the first of several trips to meet with Heather’s newly discovered relations and seek further answers.
For more information, please visit
http://carolhenderson.co.nz e.mail: carolneilnz@gmail.com
or contact
Steele Roberts Publishers www.steelroberts.co.nz e.mail: info@steelroberts.co.nz
U.K. distributors:
Berkshire Family History Society
The Book Fayre, Tattershall Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire LN10 6QJ
e.mail: hookedonbooks@thebookfayre.com tel: 01526 354501
