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Ryszard Szablicki was born in Melbourne on June 5, 1952 and immediately placed ina foudnling home...by his mother. He remained in institutional care for over ten years.
In Orphanage Boy: Through the Eyes of Innocence, Ryszard recounts his ealry life in several Catholic institutions through the eyes of that boy, naive and overwhelmed by the perverse corruption and indifference of a system he couldn't hope to understand.
In 1996, he joined a class action against the brutality and abuse of one of these institutions. A federal state inquiry followed in 2004, investigating similar allegations. Finally Ryszard received an unreserved apology for these abuses- and some peace of mind.
It was through these processes that memories began to spill out. The result is this book: a rare, haunting, tender and heart-rending account of a cold and often brutal world.
