{"product_id":"life-of-rileigh-9798223573708","title":"Life of Rileigh","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): LL Eadie\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dolly Dimple Ink\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dolly Dimple Ink\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Coming of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born a bastard at a county hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen most girls of sixteen were getting their driver licenses my mother was getting herself a baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child I spent a lot of time in an orphanage called the Margaret Lloyd Stansel's Children's Asylum. My mother preferred to call it a boarding school or summer camp depending upon the time of year I was visiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost every child who lived there had a parent, a grandparent, an aunt, uncle, or some other family member - somewhere or other. Including me. I don't blame my mother though - she had herself a hard-knock life, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet me explain, when I was born in 1954, things were different. Unwed mothers were treated in a spiteful manner - including being excluded from social settings, and even family circles. I guess I should count my blessings that my mother tried her best to raise me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm sure my life is different from yours. There are not many orphanages operating today. Well, the long and the short of it is - that this is my story - about when things were a wee bit different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy name is Rileigh Ophelia Horton, I think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was my life - The Life of Rileigh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46442967662743,"sku":"9798223573708","price":1629.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798223573708.webp?v=1769124739","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/life-of-rileigh-9798223573708","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}